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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 הוֺיii. 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18 - Then he said to him, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel H4397 spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:2 - Then Jezebel sent a messenger H4397 to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more so, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your [fn]life like the [fn]life of one of them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:5 - Then he lay down and fell asleep under a broom tree; but behold, there was an angel H4397 touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:7 - But the angel H4397 of the LORD came back a second time and touched him, and said, “Arise, eat; because the journey is too long for you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:2 - Then he sent messengers H4397 to the city to Ahab, king of Israel, and said to him, “This is what Ben-hadad says:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:5 - Then the messengers H4397 returned and said, “Ben-hadad says [fn]this: ‘I did indeed send word to you, saying, “You shall give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children”;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:9 - So he said to the messengers H4397 of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘Everything that you sent as a demand to your servant at the first, I will do; but this thing I cannot do.’” Then the messengers H4397 departed, and brought him word again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:13 -

Then the messenger H4397 who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets are [fn]unanimously favorable to the king. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - And Ahaziah fell through the window lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria, and became ill. So he sent messengers H4397 and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.”
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 to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:5 -

When the messengers H4397 returned to [fn]Ahaziah, he said to them, “[fn]Why have you returned?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:15 - And the angel H4397 of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down with him to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - Then he said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Since you have sent messengers H4397 to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? Therefore [fn]you will not get down from the bed upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - And Elisha sent a messenger H4397 to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 -

Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger H4397 came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent a man to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger H4397 comes, shut the door and [fn]hold the door shut against him. Is the sound of his master’s feet not behind him?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:33 - While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger H4397 came down to him and he said, “Behold, this evil is from the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown away when they fled in a hurry. Then the messengers H4397 returned and informed the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So a horseman went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Is your intention peace?’” But Jehu said, “[fn]How is peace any business of yours? Turn and follow me.” And the watchman [fn]reported, “The messenger H4397 came to them, but he did not return.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8 - When the messenger H4397 came and informed him, saying, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” he said, “Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:8 -

Then Amaziah sent messengers H4397 to [fn]Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let’s face each other in combat.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:7 -

So Ahaz sent messengers H4397 to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and save me from the [fn]hand of the king of Aram, and from the [fn]hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - But the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea, who had sent messengers H4397 to So, king of Egypt, and had then brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria arrested him and confined him in prison.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - When he heard them say about Tirhakah king of [fn]Cush, “Behold, he has come out to fight you,” he sent messengers H4397 again to Hezekiah, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:14 -

Then Hezekiah took the [fn]letter from the hand of the messengers H4397 and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and [fn]spread it out before the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 -

‘Through your messengers H4397 you have taunted the Lord,

And you have said, “With my many chariots

I went up to the heights of the mountains,

To the remotest parts of Lebanon;

And I cut down its tall cedars and its choicest junipers.

And I entered its farthest resting place, its thickest forest.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 -

Then it happened that night that the angel H4397 of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the rest got up early in the morning, behold, all of [fn]the 185,000 were [fn]dead.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 -

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers H4397 to David with cedar trees, masons, and carpenters, to build a house for him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers H4397 to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 -

When the Arameans saw that they had been [fn]defeated by Israel, they sent messengers H4397 and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer [fn]leading them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the LORD: a plague in the land, and the angel H4397 of the LORD destroying throughout the territory of Israel.’ Now, therefore, consider what answer I shall bring back to Him who sent me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel H4397 to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw and was sorry about the catastrophe, and said to the destroying angel H4397, “It is enough; now relax your hand.” And the angel H4397 of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of [fn]Ornan the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - Then David raised his eyes and saw the angel H4397 of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:18 -

Then the angel H4397 of the LORD [fn]commanded Gad to say to David, that David was to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - Now Ornan turned back and saw the angel H4397, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. And Ornan was threshing wheat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:27 - The LORD commanded the angel H4397, and he returned his sword to its sheath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:30 - But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was terrified by the sword of the angel H4397 of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 -

Then the messenger H4397 who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets are [fn]unanimously favorable to the king. So please let your word be like one of them, and speak favorably.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel H4397 who destroyed every warrior, commander, and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned [fn]in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But [fn]Neco sent messengers H4397 to him, saying, “[fn]What business do you have with me, King of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house with which I am at war, and God has told me to hurry. For your own sake, stop interfering with God who is with me, so that He does not destroy you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 -

Yet the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers H4397, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - but they continually mocked the messengers H4397 of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people, until there was no remedy.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - So I sent messengers H4397 to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and am unable to come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - a messenger H4397 came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys feeding beside them,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 -

‘He puts no trust even in His servants;

And He accuses His angels H4397 of error.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:23 -

“If there is an interceding angel H4397 for him,

One out of a thousand,

To remind a person of what is [fn]right for him,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:7 -

The angel H4397 of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him,

And rescues them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:5 -

Let them be like chaff before the wind,

With the angel H4397 of the LORD driving them on.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 -

Let their way be dark and slippery,

With the angel H4397 of the LORD pursuing them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 -

He sent His burning anger upon them,

Fury and indignation and trouble,

A band of [fn]destroying angels H4397.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:11 -

For He will give His angels H4397 orders concerning you,

To protect you in all your ways.


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