H4397 · מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk · mal-awk' · angel, messenger
H4397 (mălʼâk, pronounced mal-awk') is the Hebrew word מֲלְאָךְ in Strong’s dictionary: a messenger. It appears 214 times in 197 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מֲלְאָךְ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- mălʼâk
- Pronunciation
- mal-awk'
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy;
- Definition
- a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- Rendered in the KJV
- ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
214 occurrences in 197 verses (213 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “messengers” ×46
- “the angel” ×32
- “Then the angel” ×13
- “And the angel” ×7
- “the messengers” ×7
- “an angel” ×6
- “the messenger” ×5
- “to the angel” ×5
By book
Genesis 17 · Exodus 6 · Numbers 15 · Deuteronomy 1 · Joshua 3 · Judges 26 · 1 Samuel 16 · 2 Samuel 17 · 1 Kings 8 · 2 Kings 18 · 1 Chronicles 10 · 2 Chronicles 5 · Nehemiah 1 · Job 3 · Psalms 8 · Proverbs 3 · Ecclesiastes 1 · Isaiah 10 · Jeremiah 1 · Ezekiel 4 · Hosea 1 · Nahum 1 · Haggai 1 · Zechariah 19 · Malachi 2
First 30 of 197 verses
- Genesis 16:7
- Genesis 16:9
- Genesis 16:10
- Genesis 16:11
- Genesis 19:1
- Genesis 19:15
- Genesis 21:17
- Genesis 22:11
- Genesis 22:15
- Genesis 24:7
- Genesis 24:40
- Genesis 28:12
- Genesis 31:11
- Genesis 32:1
- Genesis 32:3
- Genesis 32:6
- Genesis 48:16
- Exodus 3:2
- Exodus 14:19
- Exodus 23:20
- Exodus 23:23
- Exodus 32:34
- Exodus 33:2
- Numbers 20:14
- Numbers 20:16
- Numbers 21:21
- Numbers 22:5
- Numbers 22:22
- Numbers 22:23
- Numbers 22:24
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4397.