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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.
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

H4397

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Strong's Number H4397 matches the Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (mal'āḵ),
which occurs 31 times in 26 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:4 - So it happened that when the angel H4397 of Yahweh spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel H4397 of Yahweh,

‘Utterly curse its inhabitants,

Because they did not come to the help of Yahweh,

To the help of Yahweh against the warriors.’

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Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh came and sat under the [fn]oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to [fn]preserve it from the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:12 - And the angel H4397 of Yahweh appeared to him and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - And the angel H4397 of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock and pour out the broth.” And he did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh went away from before his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:22 - And Gideon saw that he was the angel H4397 of Yahweh, so [fn]he said, “Alas, O Lord Yahweh! For now I have seen the angel H4397 of Yahweh face to face.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35

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 BoxJdg 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

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 BoxJdg 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

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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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

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

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

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 BoxJdg 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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