Messenger
מַלְאָךְStrong’s H4397maleakh (ma-le-akh)
Appears in 197 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maleakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “angel of”, “messengers” and “angel”. It appears in 197 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.”
Meaning
- Messenger, representativemessenger · angel · the theophanic angel
How it's translated
- angel of 52
- messengers 44
- the angel 17
- the messengers 14
- and angel of 10
- the messenger 10
- an angel 8
- messengers of 8
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 26
- Zechariah 19
- 2 Kings 18
- Genesis 17
- 2 Samuel 17
- 1 Samuel 16
25 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 1:11In contextAnd they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
- Zechariah 1:12In contextThen the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
- Zechariah 1:13In contextAnd the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
- Zechariah 1:14In contextSo the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
- Zechariah 1:19In contextAnd I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 2:3In contextAnd, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
All 197 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מַלְאָךְ maleakh · messenger
: messenger 1) messenger, representative 1a) messenger 1b) angel 1c) the theophanic angel
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.