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)

Occurrences of "Messengers"

Genesis 32:3

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.(b)

Numbers 20:14

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:(b)

Numbers 21:21

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Numbers 22:5

He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:(a)

Deuteronomy 2:26

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

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 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 11:14

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.

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 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 19:20

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 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)

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 11:4

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 12:27

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

1 Kings 20:2

And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben–hadad,

2 Kings 1:2

And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

2 Kings 1:16

And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

2 Kings 14:8

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

2 Kings 16:7

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.

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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