Angel
ἄγγελοςStrong’s G0032angelos
Appears in 180 verses of the New Testament
In short
Angelos is the Greek word usually translated “angel”, “angels” and “messenger”. It appears in 180 verses of the New Testament.
“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,”
Meaning
Usually translated “angel”, “angels” and “messenger”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- angel 71
- angels 70
- an angel 23
- of angels 7
- messenger 3
- messengers 3
- to angels 2
- of an angel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 71
- Luke 26
- Acts 21
- Matthew 20
- Hebrews 12
- Mark 6
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 3:16In contextAnd without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
- 1 Timothy 5:21In contextI charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
- 2 Peter 2:4In contextFor if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- 2 Peter 2:11In contextWhereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
- Jude 1:6In contextAnd the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
- Matthew 1:20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
All 180 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἄγγελος angelos · angel
ἄγγελος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מַלְאָךְ ;] 1. a messenger, one sent: Mat.11:10, Jas.22:25. 2. As in LXX, in the special sense of angel, a spiritual, heavenly being, attendant upon God and employed as his messenger to men, to make known his purposes, as Luk.1:11, or to execute them, as Mat.4:6. The ἄ. in Rev.1:20-2:1, al., is variously understood as (1) a messenger or delegate, (2) a bishop or ruler, (3) a guardian angel, (4) the prevailing spirit of each church, i.e. the Church itself. (Cf. Swete, Ap)., in l.; DB, iv, 991; Thayer, see word; Cremer, 18; MM, VGT, see word) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “angel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AN'GEL, noun
Usually pronounced angel but most anomalously. [Latin angelus; Gr. a messenger, to tell or announce.]
- Literally, a messenger; one employed to communicate news or information from one person to another at a distance.
- A spirit, or a spiritual intelligent being employed by God to communicate his will to man. Hebrews 1:4
- In a bad sense, an evil spirit; as, the angel of the bottomless pit. 1 Corinthians 6:3Revelation 9:1
- Christ, the mediator and head of the church. Revelation 10:1
All definitions and other forms of “angel”
- A minister of the gospel, who is an embassador of God.
- Any being whom God employs to execute his judgments.
- In the style of love, a very beautiful person.
AN'GEL, noun
A fish found on the coast of Carolina, of the thoracie order and genus Chaetodon. It has a small projecting mouth; the lamens above the gills are armed with cerulean spines; the body, a foot in length, appears as if cut off, and waved, and covered with large green scales.
AN'GEL, noun
A gold coin formerly current in England, bearing the figure of an angel Skinner says, this device was impressed upon it in allusion to an observation of Pope Gregory the Great, who, seeing some beautiful English youths, in the market at Rome, asked who they were; being told they were Angli, English, he replied, they ought rather to be called angeli, angels. This coin had different values under different princes; but is now an imaginary sum or money of account, implying ten shillings sterling.
AN'GEL, adjective
Resembling angels; angelic; as, angel whiteness.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.