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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 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 - cumque invenisset illam angelus Domini iuxta fontem aquae in solitudine qui est in via Sur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - dixitque ei angelus Domini revertere ad dominam tuam et humiliare sub manibus ipsius

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:10 - et rursum multiplicans inquit multiplicabo semen tuum et non numerabitur prae multitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - ac deinceps ecce ait concepisti et paries filium vocabisque nomen eius Ismahel eo quod audierit Dominus adflictionem tuam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - veneruntque duo angeli Sodomam vespere sedente Loth in foribus civitatis qui cum vidisset surrexit et ivit obviam eis adoravitque pronus in terra

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - cumque esset mane cogebant eum angeli dicentes surge et tolle uxorem tuam et duas filias quas habes ne et tu pariter pereas in scelere civitatis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - exaudivit autem Deus vocem pueri vocavitque angelus Domini Agar de caelo dicens quid agis Agar noli timere exaudivit enim Deus vocem pueri de loco in quo est

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11 - et ecce angelus Domini de caelo clamavit dicens Abraham Abraham qui respondit adsum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:15 - vocavit autem angelus Domini Abraham secundo de caelo dicens

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - Dominus Deus caeli qui tulit me de domo patris mei et de terra nativitatis meae qui locutus est mihi et iuravit dicens semini tuo dabo terram hanc ipse mittet angelum suum coram te et accipies inde uxorem filio meo

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - Dominus ait in cuius conspectu ambulo mittet angelum suum tecum et diriget viam tuam accipiesque uxorem filio meo de cognatione mea et de domo patris mei

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - viditque in somnis scalam stantem super terram et cacumen illius tangens caelum angelos quoque Dei ascendentes et descendentes per eam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:11 - dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis Iacob et ego respondi adsum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:1 - Iacob quoque abiit itinere quo coeperat fueruntque ei obviam angeli Dei

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - misit autem et nuntios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir regionis Edom

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6 - reversi sunt nuntii ad Iacob dicentes venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum et ecce properat in occursum tibi cum quadringentis viris

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - angelus qui eruit me de cunctis malis benedicat pueris et invocetur super eos nomen meum nomina quoque patrum meorum Abraham et Isaac et crescant in multitudinem super terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:2 - apparuitque ei Dominus in flamma ignis de medio rubi et videbat quod rubus arderet et non conbureretur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 - tollensque se angelus Dei qui praecedebat castra Israhel abiit post eos et cum eo pariter columna nubis priora dimittens post tergum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:20 - ecce ego mittam angelum meum qui praecedat te et custodiat in via et introducat ad locum quem paravi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:23 - praecedetque te angelus meus et introducet te ad Amorreum et Hettheum et Ferezeum Chananeumque et Eveum et Iebuseum quos ego contribo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34 - tu autem vade et duc populum istum quo locutus sum tibi angelus meus praecedet te ego autem in die ultionis visitabo et hoc peccatum eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - et mittam praecursorem tui angelum ut eiciam Chananeum et Amorreum et Hettheum et Ferezeum et Eveum et Iebuseum

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - misit interea nuntios Moses de Cades ad regem Edom qui dicerent haec mandat frater tuus Israhel nosti omnem laborem qui adprehendit nos

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - et quomodo clamaverimus ad Dominum et exaudierit nos miseritque angelum qui eduxerit nos de Aegypto ecce in urbe Cades quae est in extremis finibus tuis positi

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:21 - misit autem Israhel nuntios ad Seon regem Amorreorum dicens

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - misit ergo nuntios ad Balaam filium Beor ariolum qui habitabat super flumen terrae filiorum Ammon ut vocarent eum et dicerent ecce egressus est populus ex Aegypto qui operuit superficiem terrae sedens contra me

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - et iratus est Deus stetitque angelus Domini in via contra Balaam qui sedebat asinae et duos pueros habebat secum

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - cernens asina angelum stantem in via evaginato gladio avertit se de itinere et ibat per agrum quam cum verberaret Balaam et vellet ad semitam reducere

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:24 - stetit angelus in angustiis duarum maceriarum quibus vineae cingebantur

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - quem videns asina iunxit se parieti et adtrivit sedentis pedem at ille iterum verberabat

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - et nihilominus angelus ad locum angustum transiens ubi nec ad dextram nec ad sinistram poterat deviari obvius stetit

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - cumque vidisset asina stantem angelum concidit sub pedibus sedentis qui iratus vehementius caedebat fuste latera

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - protinus aperuit Dominus oculos Balaam et vidit angelum stantem in via evaginato gladio adoravitque eum pronus in terram

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - cui angelus cur inquit tertio verberas asinam tuam ego veni ut adversarer tibi quia perversa est via tua mihique contraria

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - dixit Balaam peccavi nesciens quod tu stares contra me et nunc si displicet tibi ut vadam revertar

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - ait angelus vade cum istis et cave ne aliud quam praecepero tibi loquaris ivit igitur cum principibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:12 - respondit Balaam ad Balac nonne nuntiis tuis quos misisti ad me dixi

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 - misi ergo nuntios de solitudine Cademoth ad Seon regem Esebon verbis pacificis dicens

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - sitque civitas haec anathema et omnia quae in ea sunt Domino sola Raab meretrix vivat cum universis qui cum ea in domo sunt abscondit enim nuntios quos direximus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - Raab vero meretricem et domum patris eius atque omnia quae habebat fecit Iosue vivere et habitaverunt in medio Israhel usque in praesentem diem eo quod absconderit nuntios quos miserat ut explorarent Hiericho in tempore illo inprecatus est Iosue dicens

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:22 - misit ergo Iosue ministros qui currentes ad tabernaculum illius reppererunt cuncta abscondita in eodem loco et argentum simul

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:1 - ascenditque angelus Domini de Galgal ad locum Flentium et ait eduxi vos de Aegypto et introduxi in terram pro qua iuravi patribus vestris et pollicitus sum ut non facerem irritum pactum meum vobiscum in sempiternum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:4 - cumque loqueretur angelus Domini verba haec ad omnes filios Israhel elevaverunt vocem suam et fleverunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - maledicite terrae Meroz dixit angelus Domini maledicite habitatoribus eius quia non venerunt ad auxilium Domini in adiutorium fortissimorum eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11 - venit autem angelus Domini et sedit sub quercu quae erat in Ephra et pertinebat ad Ioas patrem familiae Ezri cumque Gedeon filius eius excuteret atque purgaret frumenta in torculari ut fugeret Madian

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:12 - apparuit ei et ait Dominus tecum virorum fortissime

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - cui dixit angelus Domini tolle carnes et panes azymos et pone super petram illam et ius desuper funde cumque fecisset ita

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - extendit angelus Domini summitatem virgae quam tenebat in manu et tetigit carnes et azymos panes ascenditque ignis de petra et carnes azymosque consumpsit angelus autem Domini evanuit ex oculis eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:22 - vidensque Gedeon quod esset angelus Domini ait heu mihi Domine Deus quia vidi angelum Domini facie ad faciem

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