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

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 Kirjath–jearim, 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.(a)

1 Samuel 11:4

Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

1 Samuel 11:7

And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.(b)

1 Samuel 11:9

And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.(c)

1 Samuel 16:19

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

1 Samuel 19:14

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

1 Samuel 19:15

And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

1 Samuel 19:16

And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.

1 Samuel 19:20

And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

1 Samuel 19:21

And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.

1 Samuel 23:27

But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.(f)

1 Samuel 25:14

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.(f)

1 Samuel 25:42

And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.(q)

1 Samuel 29:9

And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

2 Samuel 2:5

And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord , that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

2 Samuel 3:12

And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

2 Samuel 3:14

And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

2 Samuel 3:26

And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

2 Samuel 5:11

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.(d)

2 Samuel 11:1

And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.(a)

2 Samuel 11:4

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.(d)

2 Samuel 11:19

And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

2 Samuel 11:22

So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

2 Samuel 11:23

And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.(j)

(k)

2 Samuel 12:27

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

2 Samuel 14:17

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.(f)

(g)

2 Samuel 14:20

To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

2 Samuel 19:27

And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

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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