Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H4397

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Original: מלאך

Transliteration: malak (mal'âk)

Phonetic: mal-awk'

BDB Definition:

messenger, representative
1. messenger
2. angel
3. the theophanic angel

Origin: from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy

TWOT entry: 1068a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition: From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger ; specifically of God, that is, an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher): - ambassador, angel, king, messenger.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (214x)

A Messenger (5x)

Ambassadors (1x)

An Angel (10x)

And An Angel (2x)

And Behold The Angels (1x)

And His Ambassadors (1x)

And His Angels (1x)

And It Came To Pass, When The Angel (1x)

And Let The Angel (2x)

And The Angel (31x)

And The Angels (1x)

And The Messenger (3x)

And The Messengers (5x)

And When The Angel (1x)

And When The Messengers (2x)

And, Behold, The Angel (1x)

Angel (1x)

Angels (2x)

As An Angel (2x)

As My Messenger (1x)

As The Angel (1x)

Be A Messenger (1x)

Behold, Then An Angel (1x)

But The Angel (3x)

Even The Messenger (1x)

For As An Angel (1x)

For He Shall Give His Angels (1x)

For Mine Angel (1x)

Him: But Ere The Messenger (1x)

His Ambassadors (1x)

His Angel (2x)

His Angels (1x)

His Messengers (1x)

I Not Also To Thy Messengers (1x)

I To The Angel (1x)

Messenger (3x)

Messengers (45x)

My Messenger (1x)

Of An Angel (2x)

Of His Messengers (1x)

Of Messengers (1x)

Of The Angel (1x)

Of The Messengers (3x)

Of Thy Messengers (1x)

Over The Angel (1x)

Shall Messengers (1x)

So The Angel (1x)

So The Messenger (1x)

That The Angel (2x)

The Ambassadors (1x)

The Angel (16x)

The Messenger (3x)

The Messengers (8x)

Then The Angel (7x)

Then The Angels (1x)

These? And The Angel (1x)

Thy Messengers (1x)

To The Angel (3x)

Unto The Angel (5x)

Unto The Messenger (1x)

Unto The Messengers (3x)

Unto Thee: Behold, Mine Angel (1x)

Unto Whom A Messenger (1x)

Was Upon The Messengers (1x)

When Kings (1x)

When The Messenger (1x)

With Them, Behold, The Messenger (1x)

Ye Him, All His Angels (1x)

Ye His Angels (1x)

All Occurrences

Numbers 22:31

Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.(f)

Numbers 22:32

And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:(g)

Numbers 22:34

And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord , I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.(h)

Numbers 22:35

And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

Numbers 24:12

And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

Deuteronomy 2:26

And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Joshua 6:17

And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord : only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.(e)

Joshua 6:25

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Joshua 7:22

So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

Judges 2:1

And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.(a)

Judges 2:4

And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Judges 5:23

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord , curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord , to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

Judges 6:11

And there came an angel of the Lord , and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.(d)

(e)

Judges 6:12

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Judges 6:20

And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

Judges 6:21

Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

Judges 6:22

And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord , Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God ! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.

Judges 6:35

And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.(q)

Judges 7:24

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan.

Judges 9:31

And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.(j)

Judges 11:12

And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?

Judges 11:13

And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

Judges 11:14

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:

Judges 11:17

Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

Judges 11:19

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.

Judges 13:3

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

Judges 13:6

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

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.(d)

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?(e)

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H4397

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H4397