Strong's Lexicon

H4397

H4397 — מַלאָך

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmal'aknoun mascOccurrences: 214TWOT: 1068a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4397
Word:מַלאָך
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:214
Transliteration:mal'ak
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mal-awk'
Meaning:1. a messenger 2. specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV Renderings:ambassador, angel, king, messenger.

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BDB4280

מַלְאָךְ214 noun masculine messenger; — ׳ מ Exod 23:20 + 48 t.; construct מַלְאַךְ Gen 16:7 + 69 t.; suffixes מַלְאָכִי Exod 23:23 + 3 t.; מַלְאָכוֺ Gen 24:7; Gen 24:40 plural מַלְאָכִים Gen 32:4 + 63 t. + מלאכים 2Sam 11:1 Kt ( Qr מלכים); construct מַלְאֲכֵי Gen 28:12 + 11 t.; מַלְאָכֶיךָ Num 24:12; 2Kgs 19:23 מַלְאָכֵכֵה Nah 2:14 error for מַלְאָכֵכִי = מַלְאָכַיְכִי Ges«GKC:91»§ 91, (2) Anm. 2 or < for מַלְאָכֵךְ by dittograph from following הוֺי ii. 1. 571). מַלְאָכָיו 2Chr 36:15 + 8 t.; —

1. messenger,
a. one sent with a message Gen 32:4 + 8 t. J E ; Deut 2:26 , (not in P ); Judg 6:35 + 8 t.; 1Sam 6:21 + 51 t. Samuel Kings, 1Chr 14:1; 1Chr 19:2; 1Chr 19:16; 2Chr 18:12; 2Chr 35:21; Neh 6:3; Job 1:14; Prov 13:17 ; Prov 17:11 ; Isa 14:32; Isa 18:2; Isa 30:4; Isa 37:9; Isa 37:14; Jer 27:3; Ezek 17:15; Ezek 23:16; Ezek 23:40; Ezek 30:9; Nah 2:14 מלאכי שׁלום, messengers of peace Isa 33:7.
b. a prophet Isa 42:19; Isa 44:26; 2Chr 36:15 ; 2Chr 36:16; Hag 1:13 the herald of the advent מלאכי Mal 3:1.
c. priest Mal 2:7, probably Eccl 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 Ps 78:49 מות ׳ מ messenger of death Prov 16:14 || רוחות winds his messengers Ps 104:4 .
2. angel, as messenger of God, מלאכים with God in theophanies Gen 19:1; Gen 19:15 ; Gen 28:12; Gen 32:2 ( J E ), praising him; Ps 103:20; Ps 148:2 in his sight not without error Job 4:18 charged with the care of the pious Ps 91:11 elsewhere singular sent to a prophet 1Kgs 13:18; 1Kgs 19:5 ; 1Kgs 19:7; 2Kgs 1:3; 2Kgs 1:15; Zech 1:9 + 18 t. in Zech 1-6; excellent, wise, powerful 1Sam 29:9; 2Sam 14:17; 2Sam 14:20; 2Sam 19:28; Zech 12:8 encamping about the faithful Ps 34:8 chasing his enemies Ps 35:5; Ps 35:6 destroying by judgment of Yahweh 2Sam 24:16; 2Sam 24:17 = 1Chr 21:12-30 ; 2Kgs 19:35 = Isa 37:36 = 2Chr 32:21.
3. the theophanic angel ה֯א֠להים ׳ מ in the story of E : Gen 21:17; Gen 31:11; Exod 14:19, also in Judg 6:20; Judg 13:6; Judg 13:9 יהוה ׳ מ in the story of J : Gen 16:7 ; Gen 16:9 ; Gen 16:10; Gen 16:11 ; Gen 22:11 ; Gen 22:15 ; Exod 3:2; Num 22:22 ; Num 22:23 ; Num 22:24 ; Num 22:25 ; Num 22:26 ; Num 22:27 ; Num 22:31 ; Num 22:32 ; Num 22:34 ; Num 22:35 and in Judg 2:1 ; Judg 2:4; Judg 5:23 ; Judg 6:11; Judg 6:12; Judg 6:21 (twice in verse); Judg 6:22 (twice in verse); Judg 13:3; Judg 13:13; Judg 13:15; Judg 13:16 (twice in verse); Judg 13:17; Judg 13:18; Judg 13:20 (twice in verse); Judg 13:21 הַמַּלְאָךְ Gen 48:16 ( E ); מַלְאָךְ Exod 23:20 ( E ), Exod 33:2 ; Num 20:16 ( J E ), Hos 12:5 מַלְאָכִי Exod 23:23 ( E ), Exod 32:34 ( J ); מַלְאָכוֺ Gen 24:7 ; Gen 24:40 ( J ), פניו ׳ מ Mal 3:1 (referring to the ancient מלאך); הכרית ׳ מ Mal 3:1 (referring to the advent of ׳ י for judgment, see BrMP 473). The theophanic angel is not mentioned in D and P .


BDB9633

לאך (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew לאך , מַלְאָח).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מלאך (mal-)

Exodus 3:3

KJV: And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
EHCC: the angel of the Lord appeared

Exodus 14:19

KJV: And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
EHCC: the angel of God, which went before

Exodus 23:20

KJV: Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
EHCC: 1 send an Angel before thee,

Exodus 82:84

EHCC: mine Angel ahall go before thee:

Exodus 88:2

EHCC: 1 will send aa angel

Numbers 20:14

KJV: And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:befallen…: Heb. found us
EHCC: Moses sent messengers

Numbers 21:21

KJV: And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
EHCC: Israel sent messengers unto Sihon

Numbers 22:5

KJV: He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:face: Heb. eye
EHCC: He sent messengers therefore

Numbers 24:12

KJV: And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
EHCC: Spake I not also to thy messengers

Deuteronomy 2:26

KJV: And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
EHCC: 1 sent messengers out of the wilderness

Joshua 6:17

KJV: And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.accursed: or, devoted
EHCC: she hid the messengers that we sent.

Joshua 7:22

KJV: So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
EHCC: So Joshua sent messengers,

Joshua 5:23

EHCC: Curse ye Merox, said the angel of the Lord,

Joshua 6:11

KJV: So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
EHCC: there came אם angel of the Lord,

Joshua 7:24

KJV: And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
EHCC: And Gideon sent messengers

Joshua 9:31

EHCC: he sent messengers unto Abimelech

Joshua 11:12

KJV: And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
EHCC: Jephthah sent messengers unto the king

Joshua 13:3

KJV: From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
EHCC: the angel of the Lord appeared

Joshua 158:6

EHCC: 21.they sent messengers to the inhabitants

Joshua 11:8

KJV: And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.great Zidon: or, ZidonrabbahMisrephoth–maim: or, Salt pits: Heb. Burnings of waters
EHCC: that we may send messengers

Joshua 16:19

EHCC: Saul sent messengers unto Jesse,

Joshua 19:11

KJV: And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
EHCC: Saul also sent messengers unto

Joshua 93:27

EHCC: Buf there came a meseeager unto Seal,

Joshua 25:14

EHCC: David sent messengers

Joshua 29:9

EHCC: in my sight, as an angel of God:

Joshua 3:12

KJV: Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
EHCC: Abner sent messengers

Joshua 5:11

KJV: And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
EHCC: Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers

Joshua 12:27

EHCC: Joab sent messengers

Joshua 14:17

EHCC: a8 an angel of God, ספ (is) my lord

Joshua 19:27

KJV: And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth–dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah–el toward the north side of Beth–emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
EHCC: (28). the king (is) as an angel of God:

Joshua 24:16

KJV: And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;
EHCC: when the angel stretched out his hand

Joshua 19:2

KJV: And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, Sheba, and Moladah,
EHCC: Jezebel sent a messenger

Joshua 20:2

KJV: Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
EHCC: he sent messengers to Ahab

Joshua 22:13

KJV: And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
EHCC: And the messenger that was gone

2 Kings 1:2

KJV: And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
EHCC: he sent messengers,

2 Kings 5:10

KJV: And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
EHCC: Elisha sent ₪ messenger

2 Kings 6:32

KJV: But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
EHCC: ere the messenger came to him,

2 Kings 7:15

KJV: And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
EHCC: the messengers returned,

2 Kings 9:18

KJV: So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
EHCC: The messexger came to them,

2 Kings 10:8

KJV: And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
EHCC: there came a messenger,

2 Kings 14:8

KJV: Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
EHCC: Amaziah sent messeagers .

2 Kings 16:7

KJV: So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
EHCC: Ahaz sent messengers

2 Kings 17:4

KJV: And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.present: or, tribute
EHCC: he had sent messeagers to So

2 Kings 19:9

KJV: And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
EHCC: he sent messengers again unto

1 Chronicles 14:1

KJV: Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
EHCC: Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers

1 Chronicles 19:9

KJV: And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
EHCC: David sent messengers /

1 Chronicles 21:12

KJV: Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
EHCC: and the anyel of the Lord destroying

2 Chronicles 18:12

KJV: And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.with…: Heb. with one mouth
EHCC: And the messenger that went to call Micakh

2 Chronicles 32:21

KJV: And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.slew…: Heb. made him fall
EHCC: the Lord sent on angel,

2 Chronicles 83:21

EHCC: he sent ambassadors to him,

2 Chronicles 36:15

KJV: And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:by: Heb. by the hand ofbetimes: that is, continually and carefully
EHCC: sent to them by bis messengers,

Nehemiah 6:8

KJV: Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
EHCC: And I sent messengers unto them,

Job 1:14

KJV: And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
EHCC: And there came a messenger unto Job,

Job 4:18

KJV: Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:and his…: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light
EHCC: and his angels he charged with fully:

Job 38:23

KJV: Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
EHCC: If there be a messenger with him,

Psalms 34:7

KJV: The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
EHCC: (8). The angel of the Lord encampeth

Psalms 85:5

KJV: Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
EHCC: and let the angel of the Lord chese (them. \ |

Psalms 78:49

KJV: He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
EHCC: by sending evil angels (among them.

Psalms 91:11

KJV: For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
EHCC: he shall Give kis angels change over thes

Psalms 103:90

EHCC: Bless the Lord, ye his angels,

Psalms 104:4

KJV: Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
EHCC: Who maketh his angele spirits;

Psalms 148:2

KJV: Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
EHCC: Praise ye him, all Ais angels:

Proverbs 18:17

KJV: He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
EHCC: 4A wicked messenger falleth into mischict

Proverbs 16:14

KJV: The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
EHCC: (as) messengers of death:

Proverbs 17:11

KJV: An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
EHCC: therefore a crucl messenger shall de sent

Ecclesiastes 5:6

KJV: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
EHCC: (5). neither say thou before the angel,

Isaiah 14:32

KJV: What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.trust…: or, betake themselves unto it
EHCC: the messengers of the nation ? -

Isaiah 30:4

KJV: For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
EHCC: and his ambassadors came to Hanes,

Isaiah 33:7

KJV: Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.valiant…: or, messengers
EHCC: the ease of peace shall weep bit-

Isaiah 42:19

KJV: Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?
EHCC: as my messenger (that) I sent?

Isaiah 44:26

KJV: That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:decayed…: Heb. wastes
EHCC: performeth the counsel of his messengers,

Isaiah 63:9

KJV: 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 bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
EHCC: and the angel iy his presence saved them:

Jeremiah 27:3

KJV: And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
EHCC: by the hand of the messengers

Ezekiel 17:15

KJV: But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
EHCC: in sending his ambassadors into Egypt,

Ezekiel 23:16

KJV: And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.as soon…: Heb. at the sight of her eyes
EHCC: sent messengers unto them into Chaltes,

Ezekiel 30:9

KJV: In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
EHCC: In that day shall messengers go forth

Hosea 12:4

KJV: Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;
EHCC: (5). he had power over the angel,

Nahum 2:13

KJV: Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
EHCC: ( 14). the voice of thy messengers

Zechariah 1:9

KJV: Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
EHCC: the angel that talked with me

Zechariah 2:3

KJV: And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
EHCC: (7). the angel that talked with me went

Zechariah 3:1

KJV: And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.Satan: that is, an adversaryto…: Heb. to be his adversary
EHCC: the angel of the Lord, and Satan

Zechariah 4:1

KJV: And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
EHCC: the angel that talked with me came

Zechariah 5:5

KJV: Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
EHCC: the angel that talked with me went

Zechariah 6:4

KJV: Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
EHCC: 1 answered and said unto the angel

Zechariah 12:8

KJV: In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.feeble: or, abject: Heb. fallen
EHCC: as the angel of the Lord

Malachi 2:7

KJV: For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:1

KJV: Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: 1 will send my messenger,
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