Archangel
ἀρχάγγελοςStrong’s G0743archangelos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Archangelos is the Greek word usually translated “archangel”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.”
Meaning
Usually translated “archangel”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of an archangel 1
- archangel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- Jude 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
ἀρχάγγελος archangelos · archangel
ἀρχ-άγγελος, -ου, ὁ (ἄρχι-, ἄγγελος), archangel, a chief angel: 1Th.4:16, Ju 9 (Cremer, 24; MM, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “archangel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ARCHAN'GEL, noun
- An angel of the highest order; an angel occupying the eighth rank in the celestiai hierarchy.
- The name of several plants, as the dead-nettle, or lamium; a species of melittis; and the galeopsis or hedge-nettle.
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.