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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 1 / 4 (Gen 16:7–Jdg 6:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:7 - The angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:10 - The angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - The angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Yishma'el, because the LORD has heard your affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - The two angels came to Sedom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sedom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the eretz,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - When the morning arose, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11 - The angel of the LORD called to him out of the sky, and said, "Avraham, Avraham!" He said, "Here I am."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:15 - The angel of the LORD called to Avraham a second time out of the sky,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - He said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set up on the eretz, and the top of it reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:11 - The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Ya`akov,' and I said, 'Here I am.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:1 - Ya`akov went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - Ya`akov sent messengers in front of him to Esav, his brother, to the land of Se`ir, the field of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6 - The messengers returned to Ya`akov, saying, "We came to your brother Esav. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Avraham and Yitzchak. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the eretz."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:2 - The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 - The angel of God, who went before the camp of Yisra'el, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:20 - "Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:23 - For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amori, the Hittite, the Perizzi, the Kana`ani, the Hivvi, and the Yevusi; and I will cut them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34 - Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Kana`ani, the Amori, and the Hittite, and the Perizzi, the Hivvi, and the Yevusi:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - Moshe sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says your brother Yisra'el, You know all the travail that has happened to us:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - and when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Mitzrayim: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:21 - Yisra'el sent messengers to Sichon king of the Amori, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - He sent messengers to Bil`am the son of Be'or, to Petor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Mitzrayim: behold, they cover the surface of the eretz, and they abide over against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of the LORD placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - The donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Bil`am struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:24 - Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - The donkey saw the angel of the LORD, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Bil`am's foot against the wall: and he struck her again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - The angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - The donkey saw the angel of the LORD, and she lay down under Bil`am: and Bil`am's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - Then the LORD opened the eyes of Bil`am, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - The angel of the LORD said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because your way is perverse before me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - Bil`am said to the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I didn't know that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I will get me back again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - The angel of the LORD said to Bil`am, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Bil`am went with the princes of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:12 - Bil`am said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 - I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemot to Sichon king of Heshbon with words of shalom, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the LORD: only Rachav the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - But Rachav the prostitute, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Yehoshua save alive; and she lived in the midst of Yisra'el to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Yehoshua sent to spy out Yericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:22 - So Yehoshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:1 - The angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bokhim. He said, I made you to go up out of Mitzrayim, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:4 - It happened, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Yisra'el, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the LORD. Curse you bitterly the inhabitants of it, Because they didn't come to the help of the LORD, To the help of the LORD against the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11 - The angel of the LORD came, and sat under the oak which was in Ofrat, that pertained to Yo'ash the Avi-Ezri: and his son Gid`on was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midyanim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:12 - The angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, the LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - The angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth. He did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:22 - Gid`on saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gid`on said, Alas, Lord GOD! because I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.

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