Strong's Lexicon
G32 — ἄγγελος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G32 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄγγελος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from aggello "to bring tidings" (possibly derived from G71) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 175 |
| Transliteration: | aggelos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ang'-el-os |
| Meaning: | 1. a messenger 2. (especially) an "angel" of God 3. (of evil, Satan) a demon 4. (by implication) a person carrying forth a message from God, i.e. a servant (a disciple, pastor, elder, prophet, etc.) 5. (also, by implication) a thing or event carrying forth a message from God, i.e. a hardship (pestilence, wind, etc.), or an animal (donkey, locusts, etc.)) |
| KJV Renderings: | angel, messenger |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄγγελος, , ὁ,
1. a messenger, envoy, one who is sent: Mat 11:10; Luk 7:24; Luk 7:27; Luk 9:52; Mar 1:2; Jas 2:25. (From Homer down.)
2. In the Scriptures, both of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, one of that host of heavenly spirits that, according alike to Jewish and Christian opinion, wait upon the monarch of the universe, and are sent by him to earth, now to execute his purposes (Mat 4:6; Mat 4:11; Mat 28:2; Mar 1:13; Luk 16:22; Luk 22:43 (L brackets WH reject the passage); Act 7:35; ; Gal 3:19, cf. Heb 1:14), now to make them known to men (Luk 1:11; Luk 1:26; Luk 2:9 ff; Act 10:3; Act 27:23; Mat 1:20; Mat 2:13; Mat 28:5; Joh 20:12 f); hence, the frequent expressions ἄγγελος (angel, messenger of god, îÇìÀàÈê) and ἄγγελοι κυρίου or ἄγγελοι τοῦ Θεοῦ. They are subject not only to god but also to Christ (Heb 1:4 ff; 1Pe 3:22, cf. Eph 1:21; Gal 4:14), who is described as hereafter to return to judgment surrounded by a multitude of them as servants and attendants: Mat 13:41; Mat 13:49; Mat 16:27; Mat 24:31; Mat 25:31; 2Th 1:7, cf. Jud 1:14. Single angels have the charge of separate elements; as fire, Rev 14:18; waters, Rev 16:5, cf. Rev 7:1; Joh 5:4 (R L). Respecting the ἄγγελος τῆς ἀβύσσου, Rev 9:11, see Ἀβαδδών,
3. guardian angels of individuals are mentioned in Mat 18:10; Act 12:15. ’The angels of the churches’ in Rev 1:20; Rev 2:1; Rev 2:8; Rev 2:12; Rev 2:18; Rev 3:1; Rev 3:7; Rev 3:14 are not their presbyters or bishops, but heavenly spirits who exercise such a superintendence and guardianship over them that whatever in their assemblies is worthy of praise or of censure is counted to the praise or the blame of their angels also, as though the latter infused their spirit into the assemblies; cf. DeWette, Düsterdieck (Alford) on Rev 1:20, and Lücke, Einl. in d. Offenb. d. Johan. ii., p. 429f, edition 2; (Lightfoot on Philip., p. 199f). διά τούς ἀγγέλους that she may show reverence for the anqels, invisibly present in the religious assemblies of Christians, and not displease them, 1Co 11:10. ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις in 1Ti 3:16 is probably to be explained neither of angels to whom Christ exhibited himself in heaven, nor of demons triumphed over by him in the nether world, but of the apostles, his messengers, to whom he appeared after his resurrection. This appellation, which is certainly extraordinary, is easily understood from the nature of the hymn from which the passage ἐφανερώθη ... ἐν δόξῃ seems to have been taken; cf. Winer’s grammar, 639f (594) (for other interpretations see Ellicott, at the passage). In Joh 1:51 (52) angels are employed, by a beautiful image borrowed from Gen 28:12, to represent the divine power that will aid Jesus in the discharge of his Messianic office, and the signal proofs to appear in his history of a divine superintendence. Certain of the angels have proved faithless to the trust committed to them by god, and have given themselves up to sin, Jud 1:6; 2Pe 2:4 (Enoch c. vi. etc., cf. Gen 6:2), and now obey the devil, Mat 25:41; Rev 12:7, cf. 1Co 6:3 (yet on this last passage cf. Meyer; he and others maintain that ἄγγελοι without an epithet or limitation never in the N. T. signifies other than good angels). Hence, ἄγγελος Σατᾶν is tropically used in 2Co 12:7 to denote a grievous bodily malady sent by Satan. See δαίμων; (Sophocles’ Lexicon, under the word ἄγγελος; and for the literature on the whole subject B. D. American edition under the word Angels — and to the references there given add g. L. Hahn, Theol. des N. T., i., pp. 260-384; Delitzsch in Riehm under the word Engel; Kübel in Herzog edition 2, ibid.).
STRONgS NT 32b: ἄγγοςἄγγος, (εος, τό (plural ἄγγη), equivalent to ἀγγεῖον, which see: Mat 13:48 T Tr WH. (From Homer down; (cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 23).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄγγελος (angel)
Matthew 1:20
- KJV: But while he thought on these things behold the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying Joseph thou son of David fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost
- GK: ταύτα δε αυτού ενθυμηθέντος ιδού άγγελος κυρίου κατ΄ όναρ εφάνη αυτώ λέγων Ιωσήφ υιός Δαβίδ μη φοβηθής παραλαβείν Μαριάμ την γυναίκά σου το γαρ εν αυτή γεννηθέν εκ πνεύματός εστιν αγίου
Matthew 1:24
- KJV: Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him and took unto him his wife
- GK: διεγερθείς δε ο Ιωσήφ από του ύπνου εποίησεν ως προσέταξεν αυτώ ο άγγελος κυρίου και παρέλαβε την γυναίκα
Matthew 2:13
- KJV: And when they were departed behold the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream saying Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there until I bring thee word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him
- GK: αναχωρησάντων δε αυτών ιδού άγγελος κυρίου φαίνεται κατ΄ όναρ τω Ιωσήφ λέγων εγερθείς παράλαβε το παιδίον και την μητέρα αυτού και φεύγε εις Αίγυπτον και ίσθι εκεί έως αν είπω σοι μέλλει γαρ Ηρώδης ζητείν το παιδίον του απολέσαι αυτό
Matthew 2:19
- KJV: But when Herod was dead behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
- GK: τελευτήσαντος δε του Ηρώδου ιδού άγγελος κυρίου κατ΄ όναρ φαίνεται τω Ιωσήφ εν Αιγύπτω
Matthew 4:6
- KJV: And saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down for it is written He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ ει υιός ει του θεού βάλε σεαυτόν κάτω γέγραπται γαρ ότι τοις αγγέλοις αυτού εντελείται περί σου και επί χειρών αρούσί σε μήποτε προσκόψης προς λίθον τον πόδα σου
Matthew 4:11
- KJV: Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministered unto him
- GK: τότε αφίησιν αυτόν ο διάβολος και ιδού άγγελοι προσήλθον και διηκόνουν αυτώ
Matthew 11:10
- KJV: For this is of whom it is written Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee
- GK: ούτος γαρ εστι περί ου γέγραπται ιδού εγώ αποστέλλω τον άγγελόν μου προ προσώπου σου ος κατασκευάσει την οδόν σου έμπροσθέν σου
Matthew 13:39
- KJV: The enemy that sowed them is the devil the harvest is the end of the world and the reapers are the angels
- GK: ο δε εχθρός ο σπείρας αυτά εστιν ο διάβολος ο δε θερισμός συντέλεια του αιώνός εστιν οι δε θερισταί άγγελοί εισιν
Matthew 13:41
- KJV: The Son of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and them which do iniquity
- GK: αποστελεί ο υιός του ανθρώπου τους αγγέλους αυτού και συλλέξουσιν εκ της βασιλείας αυτού πάντα τα σκάνδαλα και τους ποιούντας την ανομίαν
Matthew 13:49
- KJV: So shall it be at the end of the world the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just
- GK: ούτως έσται εν τη συντελεία του αιώνος εξελεύσονται οι άγγελοι και αφοριόυσι τους πονηρούς εκ μέσου των δικαίων
Matthew 16:27
- KJV: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels and then he shall reward every man according to his works
- GK: μέλλει γαρ ο υιός του ανθρώπου έρχεσθαι εν τη δόξη του πατρός αυτού μετά των αγγέλων αυτού και τότε αποδώσει εκάστω κατά την πράξιν αυτού
Matthew 18:10
- KJV: Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven
- GK: οράτε μη καταφρονήσητε ενός των μικρών τούτων λέγω γαρ υμίν ότι οι άγγελοι αυτών εν ουρανοίς διά βλέπουσιν το πρόσωπον του πατρός μου του εν ουρανοίς
Matthew 22:30
- KJV: For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels of God in heaven
- GK: εν γαρ τη αναστάσει ούτε γαμούσιν ούτε εκγαμίζονται αλλ΄ ως άγγελοι του θεού εν ουρανώ εισι
Matthew 24:31
- KJV: And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other
- GK: και αποστελεί τους αγγέλους αυτού μετά σάλπιγγος φωνής μεγάλης και επισυνάξουσι τους εκλεκτούς αυτού εκ των τεσσάρων ανέμων απ΄ άκρων ουρανών έως άκρων αυτών
Matthew 24:36
- KJV: But of that day and hour knoweth no not the angels of heaven but my Father only
- GK: περί δε της ημέρας εκείνης και ώρας ουδείς οίδεν ουδέ οι άγγελοι των ουρανών ει ο πατήρ μόνος
Matthew 25:31
- KJV: When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory
- GK: όταν δε έλθη ο υιός του ανθρώπου εν τη δόξη αυτού και πάντες οι άγιοι άγγελοι μετ΄ αυτού τότε καθίσει επί θρόνου δόξης αυτού
Matthew 25:41
- KJV: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels
- GK: τότε ερεί και τοις εξ ευωνύμων πορεύεσθε απ΄ εμού οι κατηραμένοι εις το πυρ το αιώνιον το ητοιμασμένον τω διαβόλω και τοις αγγέλοις αυτού
Matthew 26:53
- KJV: Thinkest thou that I can not now pray to my Father and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels
- GK: η δοκείς ότι ου δύναμαι άρτι παρακαλέσαι τον πατέρα μου και παραστήσει μοι πλείους η δώδεκα λεγεώνας αγγέλων
Matthew 28:2
- KJV: And behold there was a great earthquake for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it
- GK: και ιδού σεισμός εγένετο μέγας άγγελος γαρ κυρίου καταβάς εξ ουρανού προσελθών απεκύλισε τον λίθον από της θύρας και εκάθητο επάνω αυτού
Matthew 28:5
- KJV: And the angel answered and said unto the women Fear not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified
- GK: αποκριθείς δε ο άγγελος είπεν ταις γυναιξί μη φοβείσθε υμείς οίδα γαρ ότι Ιησούν τον εσταυρώμενον ζητείτε
Mark 1:2
- KJV: As it is written in the prophets Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee
- GK: ως γέγραπται εν τοις προφήταις ιδού εγώ αποστέλλω τον άγγελόν μου προ προσώπου σου ος κατασκευάσει την οδόν σου έμπροσθέν σου
Mark 1:13
- KJV: And he was there in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan and was with the wild beasts and the angels ministered unto him
- GK: και ην εκεί εν τη ερήμω ημέρας τεσσαράκοντα πειραζόμενος υπό του σατανά και ην μετά των θηρίων και οι άγγελοι διηκόνουν αυτώ
Mark 8:38
- KJV: Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels
- GK: ος γαρ αν επαισχυνθή με και τους εμούς λόγους εν τη γενεά ταύτη τη μοιχαλίδι και αμαρτωλώ και ο υιός του ανθρώπου επαισχυνθήσεται αυτόν όταν έλθη εν τη δόξη του πατρός αυτού μετά των αγγέλων των αγίων
Mark 12:25
- KJV: For when they shall rise from the dead they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels which are in heaven
- GK: όταν γαρ εκ νεκρών αναστώσιν ούτε γαμούσιν ούτε γαμίσκονται αλλ΄ εισίν ως άγγελοι οι εν τοις ουρανοίς
Mark 13:27
- KJV: And then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven
- GK: και τότε αποστελεί τους αγγέλους αυτού και επισυνάξει τους εκλεκτούς αυτού εκ των τεσσάρων ανέμων απ΄ άκρου γης έως άκρου ουρανού
Mark 13:32
- KJV: But of that day and hour knoweth no man no, not the angels which are in heaven neither the Son but the Father
- GK: περί δε της ημέρας εκείνης και της ώρας ουδείς οίδεν ουδέ οι άγγελοι οι εν ουρανώ ουδέ ο υιός ει ο πατήρ
Luke 1:11
- KJV: And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense
- GK: ώφθη δε αυτώ άγγελος κυρίου εστώς εκ δεξιών του θυσιαστηρίου του θυμιάματος
Luke 1:13
- KJV: But the angel said unto him Fear not Zacharias for thy prayer is heard and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John
- GK: είπε δε προς αυτόν ο άγγελος μη φοβού Ζαχαρία διότι εισηκούσθη η δέησίς σου και η γυνή σου Ελισάβετ γεννήσει υιόν σοι και καλέσεις το όνομα αυτού Ιωάννην
Luke 1:18
- KJV: And Zacharias said unto the angel Whereby shall I know this for I am an old man and my wife well stricken in years
- GK: και είπε Ζαχαρίας προς τον άγγελον κατά τι γνώσομαι τούτο εγώ γαρ ειμι πρεσβύτης και η γυνή μου προβεβηκυία εν ταις ημέραις αυτής
Luke 1:19
- KJV: And the angel answering said unto him I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God and am sent to speak unto thee and to shew thee these glad tidings
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο άγγελος είπεν αυτώ εγώ ειμι Γαβριήλ ο παρεστηκώς ενώπιον του θεού και απεστάλην λαλήσαι προς σε και ευαγγελίσασθαί σοι ταύτα