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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 · H4397G

מַלְאָךְ · ma.le.akh · messenger

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

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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.

BSB rendering counts
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
KJV rendering counts
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

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  1. Psalms 91:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

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  2. Psalms 103:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.

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  3. Psalms 104:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

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  4. Psalms 148:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.

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  5. Proverbs 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

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  6. Proverbs 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

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  7. Proverbs 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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  8. Ecclesiastes 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

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    Source alternate reference: 5.5

  9. Isaiah 14:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

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  10. Isaiah 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

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  11. Isaiah 30:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

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  12. Isaiah 33:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

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  13. Isaiah 37:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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  14. Isaiah 37:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

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  15. Isaiah 37:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

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  16. Isaiah 42:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?

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  17. Isaiah 44:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

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  18. Isaiah 63:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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  19. Jeremiah 27:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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  20. Ezekiel 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

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  21. Ezekiel 23:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

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  22. Ezekiel 23:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.

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  23. Ezekiel 30:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.

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  24. Hosea 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—

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    Source alternate reference: 12.5

  25. Nahum 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

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    Source alternate reference: 2.14

  26. Haggai 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.

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  27. Zechariah 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”

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  28. Zechariah 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”

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  29. Zechariah 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

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  30. Zechariah 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

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  31. Zechariah 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,

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  32. Zechariah 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

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    Source alternate reference: 2.2

  33. Zechariah 2:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him

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    Source alternate reference: 2.7

  34. Zechariah 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

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  35. Zechariah 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.

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  36. Zechariah 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.

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  37. Zechariah 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:

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  38. Zechariah 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.

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  39. Zechariah 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.

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  40. Zechariah 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.

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  41. Zechariah 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”

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  42. Zechariah 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.

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  43. Zechariah 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

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  44. Zechariah 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.

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  45. Zechariah 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

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  46. Malachi 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

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  47. Malachi 3:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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