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Lexicon :: Strong's H4397 - mal'āḵ

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מַלְאָךְ
Transliteration
mal'āḵ
Pronunciation
mal-awk'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
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TWOT Reference: 1068a

Strong’s Definitions

מֲלְאָךְ 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 214x

The KJV translates Strong's H4397 in the following manner: angel (111x), messenger (98x), ambassadors (4x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 214x
The KJV translates Strong's H4397 in the following manner: angel (111x), messenger (98x), ambassadors (4x), variant (1x).

  1. messenger, representative

    1. messenger

    2. angel

    3. the theophanic angel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֲלְאָךְ 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.
STRONGS H4397: Abbreviations
מַלְאָךְ 214 noun masculine messenger; — מ׳ Exodus 23:20 + 48 times; construct מַלְאַךְ Genesis 16:7 + 69 times; suffixes מַלְאָכִי Exodus 23:23 + 3 times; מַלְאָכוֺ Genesis 24:7, 40; plural מַלְאָכִים Genesis 32:4 [Genesis 32:3] + 63 times + מלאכים 2 Samuel 11:1 Kt (Qr מלכים); construct מַלְאֲכֵי Genesis 28:12 + 11 times; מַלְאָכֶיךָ Numbers 24:12; 2 Kings 19:23; מַלְאָכֵכֵה Nahum 2:14 error for מַלְאָכֵכִי = מַלְאָכַיְכִי Ges§ 91, (2) Anm. 2 or < for מַלְאָכֵךְ by dittograph from following הוֺי Köii. 1. 571). מַלְאָכָיו 2 Chronicles 36:15 + 8 times; —
1. messenger,
a. one sent with a message Genesis 32:4 [Genesis 32:3 + 8 times J E; Deuteronomy 2:26, (not in P); Judges 6:35 + 8 times; 1 Samuel 6:21 + 51 times Samuel Kings, 1 Chronicles 14:1; 1 Chronicles 19:2, 16; 2 Chronicles 18:12; 35:21; Nehemiah 6:3; Job 1:14; Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 17:11; Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 30:4; Isaiah 37:9, 14; Jeremiah 27:3; Ezekiel 17:15; Ezekiel 23:16, 40; Ezekiel 30:9; Nahum 2:14; מלאכי שׁלום, messengers of peace Isaiah 33:7.
b. a prophet Isaiah 42:19; Isaiah 44:26; 2 Chronicles 36:15, 16; Haggai 1:13; the herald of the advent מלאכי Malachi 3:1.
c. priest Malachi 2:7, probably Ecclesiastes 5:5 (RV angel).
d. || מֵלִיץ Job 33:23, a messenger from God acting as an interpreter and declaring what is right (angel of RV too specific).
e. figurative רָעִים מ׳ messengers of evil Psalm 78:49; מות מ׳ messenger of death Proverbs 16:14; || רוחות winds his messengers Psalm 104:4.
2. angel, as messenger of God, מלאכים with God in theophanies Genesis 19:1, 15; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 32:2; [Genesis 32:1] (JE), praising him; Psalm 103:20; Psalm 148:2; in his sight not without error Job 4:18 charged with the care of the pious Psalm 91:11; elsewhere singular sent to a prophet 1 Kings 13:18; 1 Kings 19:5, 7; 2 Kings 1:3, 15; Zechariah 1:9 + 18 times in Zechariah 1-6; excellent, wise, powerful 1 Samuel 29:9; 2 Samuel 14:17, 20; 2 Samuel 19:28; Zechariah 12:8; encamping about the faithful Psalm 34:8; chasing his enemies Psalm 35:5; Psalm 35:6; destroying by judgment of Yahweh 2 Samuel 24:16, 17 = 1 Chronicles 21:12-30; 2 Kings 19:35 = Isaiah 37:36 2 Chronicles 32:21.
3. the theophanic angel ה֯א֠להים מ׳ in the story of E: Genesis 21:17; Genesis 31:11; Exodus 14:19, also in Judges 6:20; Judges 13:6, 9; יהוה מ׳ in the story of J: Genesis 16:7, 9, 10, 11; Genesis 22:11, 15; Exodus 3:2; Numbers 22:22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35 and in Judges 2:1; Judges 2:4; Judges 5:23; Judges 6:11; Judges 6:12; Judges 6:21 (twice in verse); Judges 6:22 (twice in verse); Judges 13:3, 13, 15, 16 (twice in verse); Judges 13:17, 18, 20 (twice in verse); Judges 13:21; הַמַּלְאָךְ Genesis 48:16 (E); מַלְאָךְ Exodus 23:20 (E), Exodus 33:2; Numbers 20:16 (JE), Hosea 12:5; מַלְאָכִי Exodus 23:23 (E), Exodus 32:34 (J); מַלְאָכוֺ Genesis 24:7, 40 (J), פניו מ׳ Malachi 3:1 (referring to the ancient מלאך); הכרית מ׳ Malachi 3:1 (referring to the advent of י׳ for judgment, see BrMP 473). The theophanic angel is not mentioned in D and P.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:7; 16:7; 16:9; 16:10; 16:11; 19:1; 19:15; 21:17; 22:11; 22:15; 24:7; 24:7; 24:40; 24:40; 28:12; 28:12; 31:11; 32:1; 32:3; 32:3; 48:16

Exodus

3:2; 14:19; 23:20; 23:20; 23:23; 23:23; 32:34; 33:2

Numbers

20:16; 22:22; 22:23; 22:24; 22:25; 22:26; 22:27; 22:31; 22:32; 22:34; 22:35; 24:12

Deuteronomy

2:26

Judges

2:1; 2:4; 5:23; 6:11; 6:12; 6:20; 6:21; 6:22; 6:35; 13:3; 13:6; 13:9; 13:13; 13:15; 13:16; 13:17; 13:18; 13:20; 13:21

1 Samuel

6:21; 29:9

2 Samuel

11:1; 14:17; 14:20; 19:28; 24:16; 24:17

1 Kings

13:18; 19:5; 19:7

2 Kings

1:3; 1:15; 19:23; 19:35

1 Chronicles

14:1; 19:2; 19:16; 21:12; 21:13; 21:14; 21:15; 21:16; 21:17; 21:18; 21:19; 21:20; 21:21; 21:22; 21:23; 21:24; 21:25; 21:26; 21:27; 21:28; 21:29; 21:30

2 Chronicles

18:12; 32:21; 35:21; 36:15; 36:15; 36:16

Nehemiah

6:3

Job

1:14; 4:18; 33:23

Psalms

34:8; 35:5; 35:6; 78:49; 91:11; 103:20; 104:4; 148:2

Proverbs

13:17; 16:14; 17:11

Ecclesiastes

5:5

Isaiah

14:32; 18:2; 30:4; 33:7; 37:9; 37:14; 37:36; 42:19; 44:26

Jeremiah

27:3

Ezekiel

17:15; 23:16; 23:40; 30:9

Hosea

12:5

Haggai

1:13

Zechariah

1:9; 12:8

Malachi

2:7; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1

H4397

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Strong's Number H4397 matches the Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (mal'āḵ),
which occurs 213 times in 196 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Ki 13:18–Psa 91:11)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18 - He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel H4397 spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:2 - Then Jezebel sent a messenger H4397 unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:5 - And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel H4397 touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:7 - And the angel H4397 of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:2 - And he sent messengers H4397 to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:5 - And the messengers H4397 came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:9 - Wherefore he said unto the messengers H4397 of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers H4397 departed, and brought him word again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:13 - And the messenger H4397 that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, H4397 and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel H4397 of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers H4397 of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:5 - And when the messengers H4397 turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:15 - And the angel H4397 of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers H4397 to enquire of Baalzebub 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - And Elisha sent a messenger H4397 unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger H4397 came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger H4397 cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:33 - And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger H4397 came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers H4397 returned, and told the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger H4397 came to them, but he cometh not again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8 - And there came a messenger, H4397 and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:8 - Then Amaziah sent messengers H4397 to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:7 - So Ahaz sent messengers H4397 to Tiglathpileser 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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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers H4397 to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers H4397 again unto Hezekiah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:14 - And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, H4397 and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By thy messengers H4397 thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel H4397 of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers H4397 to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers H4397 to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, H4397 and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel H4397 of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel H4397 unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel H4397 that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel H4397 of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel H4397 of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:18 - Then the angel H4397 of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; H4397 and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:27 - And the LORD commanded the angel; H4397 and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:30 - But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel H4397 of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 - And the messenger H4397 that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel, H4397 which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But he sent ambassadors H4397 to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, H4397 rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - But they mocked the messengers H4397 of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - And I sent messengers H4397 unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - And there came a messenger H4397 unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels H4397 he charged with folly:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:23 - If there be a messenger H4397 with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:7 - The angel H4397 of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:5 - Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel H4397 of the LORD chase them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 - Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel H4397 of the LORD persecute them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels H4397 among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:11 - For he shall give his angels H4397 charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

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