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Lexicon :: Strong's H4397 - mal'āḵ

Aa
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
Dictionary Aids

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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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20 - Bless the LORD, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:4 - Who makes His angels spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:2 - Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:17 - A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
But a faithful ambassador brings health.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14 - As messengers of death is the king’s wrath,
But a wise man will appease it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:11 - An evil man seeks only rebellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse[fn] and destroy the work of your hands?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 - What will they answer the messengers of the nation?
That the LORD has founded Zion,
And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - Which sends ambassadors by sea,
Even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying,
“Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin,
To a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:4 - For his princes were at Zoan,
And his ambassadors came to Hanes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7 - Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,
The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to make war with you.” So when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:14 - And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - Then the angel[fn] of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - Who is blind but My servant,
Or deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as he who is perfect,
And blind as the LORD’s servant?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 - Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - In all their affliction He was afflicted,
And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3 - ‘and send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15 - ‘But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - As soon as her eyes saw them,
She lusted for them
And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:40 - “Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - On that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships
To make the careless Ethiopians afraid,
And great anguish shall come upon them,
As on the day of Egypt;
For indeed it is coming!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:4 - Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
He wept, and sought favor from Him.
He found Him in Bethel,
And there He spoke to us—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - “Behold, I am against you,” says the LORD of hosts, “I will burn your[fn] chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:13 - Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, spoke the LORD’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you, says the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:9 - Then I said, “My lord, what are these?” So the angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what they are.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:11 - So they answered the Angel of the LORD, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is resting quietly.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then the Angel of the LORD answered and said, “O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry these seventy years?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:13 - And the LORD answered the angel who talked to me, with good and comforting words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14 - So the angel who spoke with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“I am zealous for Jerusalem
And for Zion with great zeal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” So he answered me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:3 - And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:1 - Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:3 - Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:5 - And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the LORD stood by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:6 - Then the Angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:1 - Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:4 - So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:5 - Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, “Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - So I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:4 - Then I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:5 - And the angel answered and said to me, “These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:8 - “In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the LORD before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:7 - “For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
For he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:1 - “Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,”
Says the LORD of hosts.

Search Results Continued...

1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 16:7–Jdg 6:22

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jdg 6:35–2Sa 24:17

3. LOAD PAGE 3 1Ki 13:18–Psa 91:11

4. Currently on page 4/4 (Psa 103:20–Mal 3:1) Psa 103:20–Mal 3:1

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