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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 4 / 4 (Psa 103:20–Mal 3:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20 -

Bless Yahweh, you His angels H4397,

Mighty in strength, who perform His word,

Obeying the voice of His word!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:4 -

[fn]He makes His [fn]angels H4397 the winds,

His ministers flaming fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:2 -

Praise Him, all His angels H4397;

Praise Him, all His hosts!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:17 -

A wicked messenger H4397 falls into evil,

But a faithful envoy brings healing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14 -

The wrath of a king is like messengers H4397 of death,

But a wise man will atone for it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:11 -

A rebellious man seeks only evil,

So a cruel messenger H4397 will be sent against him.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesh to sin, and do not say in the presence of the messenger H4397 of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and wreak destruction on the work of your hands?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 -

“How then will one answer the messengers H4397 of the nation?

That Yahweh has founded Zion,

And the afflicted of His people will take refuge in it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 -

Which sends envoys by the sea,

Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.

Go, swift messengers H4397, to a nation [fn]tall and smooth,

To a people feared [fn]far and wide,

A powerful and oppressive nation

Whose land the rivers divide.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:4 -

“For their princes are at Zoan

And their messengers H4397 reach Hanes.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7 -

Behold, their brave men cry in [fn]the streets;

The messengers H4397 of peace weep bitterly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - Then he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of [fn]Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” So he heard it and sent messengers H4397 to Hezekiah, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:14 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 -

Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And [fn]the men arose early in the morning, and behold, all of them were dead bodies.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 -

Who is blind but My servant,

Or so deaf as My messenger H4397 whom I send?

Who is so blind as he that is [fn]at peace with Me,

Or so blind as the servant of Yahweh?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 -

Confirming the word of His servant

And the counsel of His messengers H4397 He will complete

And being the One who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited!’

And of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built.’

And I will raise up her waste places again.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 -

In all their distress [fn]He was distressed,

And the angel H4397 of His presence saved them;

In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,

And He lifted them and carried them all the ancient days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3 - and you shall send [fn]word to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the sons of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon by the hand of messengers H4397 who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15 - ‘But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers H4397 to Egypt that they might give him horses and many [fn]troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - [fn]And she saw them and lusted after them and sent messengers H4397 to them in Chaldea.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:40 -

“Furthermore, [fn]they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger H4397 was sent; and behold, they came—for whom you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourselves with ornaments;

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 -

“On that day messengers H4397 will go forth from Me in ships to frighten secure [fn]Ethiopia; and anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:4 -

Indeed, he [fn]wrestled with the angel H4397 and prevailed;

He wept and sought His favor.

He found Him at Bethel,

And there He spoke with us,

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 -

“Behold, I am against you,” declares Yahweh of hosts. “And I will burn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers H4397 be heard.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:13 - Then Haggai, the messenger H4397 of Yahweh, spoke by the commissioned message of Yahweh to the people saying, “‘I am with you,’ declares Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:9 - Then I said, “My lord, what are these?” And the angel H4397 who was speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:11 - So they answered the angel H4397 of Yahweh who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, “We have [fn]patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is sitting still and quiet.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 -

Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh answered and said, “O Yahweh of hosts, how long will You have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant these seventy years?”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:13 - Yahweh answered the angel H4397 who was speaking with me with good words, comforting words.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14 - So the angel H4397 who was speaking with me said to me, “Call out, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - So I said to the angel H4397 who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:3 - And behold, the angel H4397 who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel H4397 was coming out to meet him
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:1 -

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel H4397 of Yahweh, and [fn]Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:3 - Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel H4397.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:5 - Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel H4397 of Yahweh was standing by.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:6 -

And the angel H4397 of Yahweh testified to Joshua, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:1 -

Then the angel H4397 who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is roused from his sleep.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:4 - Then I answered and said to the angel H4397 who was speaking with me saying, “What are these, my lord?”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:5 - So the angel H4397 who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:5 -

Then the angel H4397 who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - And I said to the angel H4397 who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:4 - Then I answered and said to the angel H4397 who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:5 - And the angel H4397 answered and said to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:8 - “In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who stumbles among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel H4397 of Yahweh before them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:7 - “For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, and [fn]men should seek [fn]instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger H4397 of Yahweh of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:1 -

“Behold, I am going to send My [fn]messenger H4397, and he will [fn]prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; [fn]and the [fn]messenger H4397 of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says Yahweh of hosts.


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