A cistern is a device for water storage, especially underground such as a pit, well, or fountain.

Positive: Dreaming of a cistern may symbolize wisdom and storing up a supply of something. It may also represent provision.

Negative: In a dream, a cistern could represent reliance on supply from man and not God. A broken cistern could also represent God’s ways being higher than man’s.

(Jeremiah 2:13; Proverbs 5:15; Proverbs 14:27; John 4:14; Jeremiah 2:13; Genesis 37:24).