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מֲלְאָךְ (H4397)

mălʼâk

mal-awk'

from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher); ambassador, angel, king, messenger.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

מַלְאָךְ 214 n.m. messenger
1 messenger
2 angel, as messenger of God
3 the theophanic angel

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


197 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:15
    And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
  • 2 Chronicles 36:16
    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
  • Nehemiah 6:3
    And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
  • Job 1:14
    And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
  • Job 4:18
    Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
  • Job 33:23
    If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
  • Psalms 34:7
    The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
  • Psalms 35:5
    Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
  • Psalms 35:6
    Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
  • Psalms 78:49
    He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.