TBESH · H4397G
מַלְאָךְ · ma.le.akh · messenger
: messenger 1) messenger, representative 1a) messenger 1b) angel 1c) the theophanic angel
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ma.le.akh H4397
מַלְאָךְ (ma.le.akh) means “messenger” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מַלְאָךְ Hebrew · H4397 214 tagged occurrences in 197 verses
Pronunciation guide: mal-awk' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H4397H
מַלְאָךְ · ma.le.akh · messenger: angel
: angel 1) messenger, representative 1a) messenger 1b) angel 1c) the theophanic angel
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV glosses: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
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How translators render H4397
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| messengers | 46 |
| the angel | 36 |
| then the angel | 13 |
| and the angel | 11 |
| the messenger | 8 |
| the messengers | 8 |
| an angel | 6 |
| to the angel | 5 |
| a messenger | 4 |
| angels | 3 |
| as the angel | 3 |
| envoys | 3 |
| his angels | 3 |
| when the messengers | 3 |
| and when the messengers | 2 |
| at that time the angel | 2 |
| but the angel | 2 |
| his angel | 2 |
| his messengers | 2 |
| like the angel | 2 |
| messenger | 2 |
| my angel | 2 |
| now the angel | 2 |
| of the angel | 2 |
| so the angel | 2 |
| the envoys | 2 |
| then the messenger | 2 |
| when the messenger | 2 |
| all his angels | 1 |
| and an angel | 1 |
| and the angels | 1 |
| and their envoys | 1 |
| and when the angel | 1 |
| angel | 1 |
| as an angel | 1 |
| but when the angel | 1 |
| he | 1 |
| his envoys | 1 |
| is a messenger | 1 |
| is the messenger | 1 |
| just like the angel | 1 |
| just then the angel | 1 |
| kings | 1 |
| like the messenger | 1 |
| my messenger | 1 |
| of his messengers | 1 |
| of your messengers | 1 |
| so the messenger | 1 |
| so the messengers | 1 |
| so the scouts | 1 |
| the angels | 1 |
| the men | 1 |
| the messengers back | 1 |
| the spies | 1 |
| then a messenger | 1 |
| there the angel | 1 |
| to the envoys | 1 |
| to the messengers | 1 |
| when the angel | 1 |
| with the angel | 1 |
| your servants | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| messengers | 45 |
| and the angel | 31 |
| the angel | 16 |
| an angel | 10 |
| the messengers | 8 |
| then the angel | 7 |
| a messenger | 5 |
| and the messengers | 5 |
| unto the angel | 5 |
| and the messenger | 3 |
| but the angel | 3 |
| messenger | 3 |
| of the messengers | 3 |
| the messenger | 3 |
| to the angel | 3 |
| unto the messengers | 3 |
| and an angel | 2 |
| and let the angel | 2 |
| and when the messengers | 2 |
| angels | 2 |
| as an angel | 2 |
| his angel | 2 |
| of an angel | 2 |
| that the angel | 2 |
| ambassadors | 1 |
| and behold the angel | 1 |
| and behold the angels | 1 |
| and his ambassadors | 1 |
| and his angels | 1 |
| and it came to pass when the angel | 1 |
| and the angels | 1 |
| and when the angel | 1 |
| angel | 1 |
| as my messenger | 1 |
| as the angel | 1 |
| be a messenger | 1 |
| behold then an angel | 1 |
| even the messenger | 1 |
| for as an angel | 1 |
| for he shall give his angels | 1 |
| for mine angel | 1 |
| him but ere the messenger | 1 |
| his ambassadors | 1 |
| his angels | 1 |
| his messengers | 1 |
| i not also to thy messengers | 1 |
| i to the angel | 1 |
| my messenger | 1 |
| of his messengers | 1 |
| of messengers | 1 |
| of the angel | 1 |
| of thy messengers | 1 |
| over the angel | 1 |
| shall messengers | 1 |
| so the angel | 1 |
| so the messenger | 1 |
| the ambassadors | 1 |
| then the angels | 1 |
| these and the angel | 1 |
| thy messengers | 1 |
| unto the messenger | 1 |
| unto thee behold mine angel | 1 |
| unto whom a messenger | 1 |
| was upon the messengers | 1 |
| when kings | 1 |
| when the messenger | 1 |
| with them behold the messenger | 1 |
| ye him all his angels | 1 |
| ye his angels | 1 |
Verses containing H4397
Page 2 of 4. 197 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Judges 6:35
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.
Read word by word - Judges 7:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
Read word by word - Judges 9:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
Read word by word - Judges 11:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
Read word by word - Judges 11:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
Read word by word - Judges 11:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
Read word by word - Judges 11:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
Read word by word - Judges 11:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
Read word by word - Judges 13:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
Read word by word - Judges 13:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
Read word by word - Judges 13:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
Read word by word - Judges 13:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
Read word by word - Judges 13:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
Read word by word - Judges 13:16
· BSB · 2 occurrences
And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.
Read word by word - Judges 13:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”
Read word by word - Judges 13:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
Read word by word - Judges 13:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
Read word by word - Judges 13:21
· BSB · 2 occurrences
And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 6:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 11:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 11:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 11:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 11:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 16:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:20
· BSB · 2 occurrences
he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:21
· BSB · 2 occurrences
When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 23:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 25:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 25:42
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 29:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 2:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 3:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 3:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 3:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 5:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 11:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 11:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 11:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king a full account of the battle,
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 11:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 11:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 11:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 14:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 14:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 19:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.28
- 2 Samuel 24:16
· BSB · 3 occurrences
But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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