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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 2 / 4 (Jdg 6:35–2Sa 24:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35 - And he sent messengers H4397 throughout Manasseh, and they also were called together to follow him; and he sent messengers H4397 to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.

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Now Gideon had sent messengers H4397 throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down to meet Midian and capture the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers H4397 to Abimelech [fn]deceitfully, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his [fn]relatives have come to Shechem; and behold, they are [fn]stirring up the city against you.

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And Jephthah sent messengers H4397 to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, “What is between you and me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - Then the king of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers H4397 of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land when they came up from Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and the Jordan; so now, return them peaceably.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14 - But Jephthah sent messengers H4397 again to the king of the sons of Ammon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - then Israel sent messengers H4397 to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let us pass through your land,” but the king of Edom would not listen. And they also sent to the king of Moab, but he was not willing. So Israel remained at Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - ‘And Israel sent messengers H4397 to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, “Please let us pass through your land to our place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:3 - Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you [fn]shall be with child and give birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel H4397 of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:9 - And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel H4397 of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:13 - So the angel H4397 of Yahweh said to Manoah, “Let the woman be careful in all that I said.

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Then Manoah said to the angel H4397 of Yahweh, “Please let us delay you so that we may prepare a young goat for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:16 - And the angel H4397 of Yahweh said to Manoah, “Though you delay me, I will not eat your [fn]food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah did not know that he was the angel H4397 of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:17 - Then Manoah said to the angel H4397 of Yahweh, “What is your name, so that when your words come to pass, we may honor you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:18 - But the angel H4397 of Yahweh said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is [fn]wonderful?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:20 - Indeed, it happened when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel H4397 of Yahweh went up in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife saw this, so they fell on their faces to the ground.

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Now the angel H4397 of Yahweh did not appear to Manoah or his wife again. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel H4397 of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:21 - So they sent messengers H4397 to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come down and take it up to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - Then the elders of Jabesh said to him, “Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers H4397 throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - Then the messengers H4397 came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - Then he took a pair of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers H4397, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” Then the dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - And they said to the messengers H4397 who had come, “Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have salvation.’” So the messengers H4397 went and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - So Saul sent messengers H4397 to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David who is with the flock.”

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Then Saul sent messengers H4397 to David’s house to keep watch over him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not make an escape for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:14 - Then Saul sent messengers H4397 to take David, but she said, “He is sick.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - So Saul sent messengers H4397 to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on [fn]his bed, that I may put him to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 - The messengers H4397 came, and behold, the [fn]household idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair at its head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - Then Saul sent messengers H4397 to take David, but they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing and presiding over them. And the Spirit of God came upon the messengers H4397 of Saul; and they also prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:21 - This was told to Saul, and he sent other messengers H4397, and they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers H4397 again the third time, and they also prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27 - But a messenger H4397 came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.”

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But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers H4397 from the wilderness to [fn]greet our master, and he rushed at them angrily.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - Then Abigail hurried and arose, and she rode on a donkey, with her five young women who [fn]went about with her; and she went after the messengers H4397 of David and became his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - But Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel H4397 of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us to the battle.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - And David sent messengers H4397 to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed of Yahweh because you have [fn]shown this lovingkindness with your lord, with Saul, and have buried him.

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Then Abner sent messengers H4397 to David in his place, saying, “Whose is the land? Cut your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to turn all Israel over to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:14 - So David sent messengers H4397 to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was betrothed for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

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Then Joab came out from David and sent messengers H4397 after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

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Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers H4397 to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of wood and craftsmen of stone walls; and they built a house for David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:4 - Then David sent messengers H4397 and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:19 - And he commanded the messenger H4397, saying, “When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

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So the messenger H4397 went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - And the messenger H4397 said to David, “The men prevailed against us and came out against us in the field, but we [fn]pressed them as far as the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger H4397, “Thus you shall say to Joab, ‘Do not let this thing be evil in your sight, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and [fn]tear it down’; and so strengthen him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - And Joab sent messengers H4397 to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - “Then your servant-woman said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be a resting place, for as the angel H4397 of God, so is my lord the king to listen with discernment through the good and evil. And may Yahweh your God be with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - in order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel H4397 of God, to know all that is in the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:27 - “Moreover, he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is like the angel H4397 of God, therefore do what is good in your sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - Then the angel H4397 sent forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, and Yahweh [fn]relented of the calamity and said to the angel H4397 who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand!” And the angel H4397 of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - Then David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel H4397 who was striking down the people, and said, “Behold, it is I who have sinned, and it is I who have done unrighteousness; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let Your hand be against me and my father’s house.”

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