Angelos ἄγγελος

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Angelos
ἄγγελος
Transliterationangelos
Strong's numberG32 (G0032G, G0032H)
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossangel
Occurrences184 in 180 verses
Most frequent inRevelation (71)

Angelos (Greek ἄγγελος, Strong's G32) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “angel”. It occurs 184 times in 180 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

G0032G: angel

ἄγγελος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for מַלְאָךְ ;]
1. a messenger, one sent: Mat.11:10, Jas.22:25.
2. As in LXX, in the special sense of angel, a spiritual, heavenly being, attendant upon God and employed as his messenger to men, to make known his purposes, as Luk.1:11, or to execute them, as Mat.4:6. The ἄ. in Rev.1:20-2:1, al., is variously understood as
(1) a messenger or delegate,
(2) a bishop or ruler,
(3) a guardian angel,
(4) the prevailing spirit of each church, i.e. the Church itself. (Cf. Swete, Ap)., in l.; DB, iv, 991; Thayer, see word; Cremer, 18; MM, VGT, see word)
(AS)

G0032H: angel: messenger

ἄγγελος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for מַלְאָךְ ;]
1. a messenger, one sent: Mat.11:10, Jas.22:25.
2. As in LXX, in the special sense of angel, a spiritual, heavenly being, attendant upon God and employed as his messenger to men, to make known his purposes, as Luk.1:11, or to execute them, as Mat.4:6. The ἄ. in Rev.1:20-2:1, al., is variously understood as
(1) a messenger or delegate,
(2) a bishop or ruler,
(3) a guardian angel,
(4) the prevailing spirit of each church, i.e. the Church itself. (Cf. Swete, Ap)., in l.; DB, iv, 991; Thayer, see word; Cremer, 18; MM, VGT, see word)
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVangel (90), angels (80), unto the angel (5), messenger (4), messengers (3), angel's (2), another (1)
BSBangel (86), angels (80), messenger (4), messengers (2), spies (1), angel's (1)

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Angelos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Colossians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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