Maleakh מַלְאָךְ

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Maleakh
מַלְאָךְ
Transliterationmaleakh
Strong's numberH4397 (H4397H, H4397G)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossmessenger: angel
Occurrences214 in 197 verses
Most frequent inJudges (26)

Maleakh (Hebrew מַלְאָךְ, Strong's H4397) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “messenger: angel”. It occurs 214 times in 197 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H4397H: messenger: angel

: angel
1) messenger, representative
1a) messenger
1b) angel
1c) the theophanic angel

H4397G: messenger

: messenger
1) messenger, representative
1a) messenger
1b) angel
1c) the theophanic angel

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVangel (101), messengers (74), messenger (24), angels (10), ambassadors (4)
BSBangel (89), messengers (61), messenger (20), envoys (6), angels (5), his messengers (3), his angels (3), his angel (2), my angel (2), like the angel (2), time the angel (2), just then the angel (1), and 16 other renderings

Topics

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Nahum

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

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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