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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.

  • Judges 13:9
    And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.
  • Judges 13:13
    And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
  • Judges 13:15
    And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
  • Judges 13:16
    And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
  • Judges 13:17
    And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
  • Judges 13:18
    And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
  • Judges 13:20
    For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
  • Judges 13:21
    But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
  • 1 Samuel 6:21
    And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
  • 1 Samuel 11:3
    And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.