H4397 מֲלְאָךְ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 213 KJV occurrences
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk · mal-awk'
Definition
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV Renderings
ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Derivation / Etymology
from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 213)
- Genesis 16:7¶ And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Numbers 22:5He 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:
- Judges 6:35And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
- 1 Samuel 16:19¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
- 2 Samuel 24:16And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
- 2 Kings 16:7So 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.
- Job 33:23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
- Ezekiel 30:9In 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.