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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.

  • Genesis 24:40
    And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
  • Genesis 28:12
    And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
  • Genesis 31:11
    And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
  • Genesis 32:1
    And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
  • Genesis 32:3
    And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
  • Genesis 32:6
    And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
  • Genesis 48:16
    The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
  • Exodus 3:2
    And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
  • Exodus 14:19
    And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
  • Exodus 23:20
    Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.