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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.

  • Ezekiel 23:16
    And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
  • Ezekiel 23:40
    And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
  • Ezekiel 30:9
    In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
  • Hosea 12:4
    Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
  • Nahum 2:13
    Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
  • Haggai 1:13
    Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
  • Zechariah 1:9
    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.
  • Zechariah 1:11
    And 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 1:12
    Then 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 1:13
    And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.