God bless you. Today we're going to look at the biblical meaning of a spider dream.
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Meaning of Spider in Your Dreams
1. Deception, Traps, and Spiritual Attacks
Symbol: Spiders weave webs to trap their prey — in dreams this often points to spiritual entrapment, manipulation, or hidden plots.
Biblical Basis:
“Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.” — Isaiah 59:5–6
“They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web.” — Isaiah 59:5
Dream meaning:
If the spider is weaving a web or you feel stuck, it may symbolize being caught in deceit, toxic influences, or spiritual warfare trying to entangle you.
2. Manipulation and Control
Symbol: Spiders patiently wait for prey to walk into their web — often representing a controlling person, ungodly soul ties, or oppressive spiritual influence.
Biblical Basis:
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities… against spiritual wickedness in high places.” — Ephesians 6:12
Dream meaning:
A spider hovering over or watching may point to a controlling or monitoring spirit or relationship meant to dominate your decisions or emotions.
3. Fragile and Temporary Foundations
Symbol: A web is delicate and can be destroyed easily — it may symbolize false security, illusions, or weak spiritual foundations.
Biblical Basis:
“The hope of the godless shall perish, whose trust is a spider’s web.” — Job 8:14
Dream meaning:
If you see or destroy a spider web, it may be God revealing false hope or fragile plans that will not last. It can be a call to rebuild on God’s truth.
4. Overcoming Spiritual Traps
Symbol: Killing or escaping a spider often represents breaking free from fear, lies, or manipulation.
Biblical Basis:
“No weapon formed against you shall prosper.” — Isaiah 54:17
Dream meaning:
Escaping or crushing the spider may symbolize deliverance, victory in spiritual warfare, or freedom from manipulation.
Church Fathers on Spider Symbolism — Extended Table
| Church Father | Quote / Teaching | Context / Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Origen (c. 184–253) | “The spider’s web is like the hope of the wicked: spun with skill but easily swept away.” (Homilies on Job, fragment on Job 8:14) | Origen interprets the spider’s web as a metaphor for false security, fragile human plans, or deceptive works that cannot withstand divine judgment. |
| John Chrysostom (c. 349–407) | “The webs of the ungodly are like a spider’s web—fair to see, but they cannot cover or protect.” (Homilies on Matthew 15) | Chrysostom compares human pride and wickedness to a delicate spider’s web — visibly intricate, but ultimately weak and without foundation. |
| Augustine of Hippo (354–430) | “The sinner weaves for himself a web of deceit, as the spider does, and is caught in it.” (Enarrationes in Psalmos 139) | Augustine uses the spider as a moral allegory — sin is not only a trap for others but also ensnares the one who weaves it. |
| Basil the Great (c. 330–379) | “The designs of the wicked are like spider’s webs, fragile and vain.” (Homily on Psalm 1) | Basil connects wicked schemes to webs: impressive to look at, but destroyed with a touch — pointing to the short life of evil works. |
| Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335–395) | “Those who trust in worldly strength build a house of spider webs.” (On the Beatitudes 6) | Gregory uses the spider’s web as an image of false confidence and spiritual instability — faith not grounded in God collapses easily. |
| Jerome (c. 347–420) | “They trust in the spider’s web, which the least wind carries away.” (Commentary on Isaiah 59) | Jerome directly comments on Isaiah 59:5–6, warning against trusting in human effort or cunning instead of God. |
| Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313–386) | “The snares of the evil one are as a spider’s web: delicate, spread in secret, awaiting the unwatchful.” (Catechetical Lectures 13.4) | Cyril interprets the spider’s web as demonic entrapment — emphasizing spiritual vigilance. |
| Ambrose of Milan (c. 340–397) | “Like a spider spinning its threads, the sinner weaves his own prison.” (On Repentance 2.5) | Ambrose portrays sin as self-entrapment, with the spider as a vivid metaphor for deception and bondage. |
| Gregory the Great (c. 540–604) | “The devil spreads his webs like the spider: with silence, patience, and poison.” (Moralia in Job 14.18) | Gregory uses the spider as an image of Satan’s subtlety—waiting silently for the inattentive soul to be caught. |
Summary Table
| Dream Context | Meaning | Scripture |
|---|---|---|
| Spider weaving a web | Trap, deception, manipulation | Isaiah 59:5–6 |
| Spider watching or hanging | Monitoring or controlling spirit | Ephesians 6:12 |
| Web breaking or being destroyed | False security exposed | Job 8:14 |
| Killing or escaping from the spider | Deliverance and spiritual victory | Isaiah 54:17 |
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