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Strong's H4397 מֲלְאָךְ (malak)

Malak means “angel” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4397 — prophetikos (“of prophecy”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4397
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 196
Books 25

Strong's H4397 Quick Answer

Strong's H4397 מַלאָך (mal'ak) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mal'ak (mal-awk') n-m. 1. a messenger 2. specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) It has 196 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include messengers, angel, messenger, god, and angels. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mal'ak (mal-awk') n-m. 1. a messenger 2. specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Usage
196 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
messengers, angel, messenger, god, and angels

Meaning and Definition

mal'ak (mal-awk') n-m. 1. a messenger 2. specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) [from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy] KJV: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.

Original Word
מַלאָך
Transliteration
mal'ak
Derivation
Root: מלאך
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4397. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H4397 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mal'ak, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

messengers Genesis 32:3 48× angel Genesis 16:7 46× messenger 1 Samuel 23:27 12× God Genesis 32:1 10× angels Genesis 19:1 God's Numbers 22:22

How Strong's H4397 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 196 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4397 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4397 in the Old Testament

196 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 16:7 KJV

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Genesis 16:9 KJV

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

Genesis 16:10 KJV

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4397.

Genesis 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Genesis 16:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 16:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
Genesis 19:1 Old Testament, KJV
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Genesis 19:15 Old Testament, KJV
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
Genesis 21:17 Old Testament, KJV
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Genesis 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Genesis 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
Genesis 24:7 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Genesis 24:40 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
Genesis 28:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis 31:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
Genesis 32:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Genesis 32:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis 32:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
Genesis 48:16 Old Testament, KJV
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Exodus 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Exodus 14:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
Exodus 23:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Exodus 23:23 Old Testament, KJV
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
Exodus 32:34 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
Exodus 33:2 Old Testament, KJV
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Numbers 20:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
Numbers 20:16 Old Testament, KJV
And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
Numbers 21:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Numbers 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
He 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:
Numbers 22:22 Old Testament, KJV
And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
Numbers 22:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
Numbers 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
Numbers 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
Numbers 22:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
Numbers 22:27 Old Testament, KJV
And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
Numbers 22:31 Old Testament, KJV
Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
Numbers 22:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
Numbers 22:34 Old Testament, KJV
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Numbers 22:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Numbers 24:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
Deuteronomy 2:26 Old Testament, KJV
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Joshua 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Joshua 6:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Joshua 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
Judges 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Judges 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Judges 5:23 Old Testament, KJV
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Judges 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Judges 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Judges 6:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
Judges 6:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
Judges 6:22 Old Testament, KJV
And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
Judges 6:35 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
Judges 7:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
Judges 9:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
Judges 11:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
Judges 11:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
Judges 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
Judges 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Judges 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
Judges 13:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Judges 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
Judges 13:9 Old Testament, KJV
And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.
Judges 13:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
Judges 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
Judges 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
Judges 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
Judges 13:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
Judges 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
Judges 13:21 Old Testament, KJV
But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
1 Samuel 6:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
1 Samuel 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
1 Samuel 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
1 Samuel 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
1 Samuel 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
1 Samuel 16:19 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
1 Samuel 19:11 Old Testament, KJV
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
1 Samuel 19:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
1 Samuel 19:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
1 Samuel 19:16 Old Testament, KJV
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
1 Samuel 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
1 Samuel 19:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
1 Samuel 23:27 Old Testament, KJV
But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
1 Samuel 25:14 Old Testament, KJV
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
1 Samuel 25:42 Old Testament, KJV
And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
1 Samuel 29:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
2 Samuel 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
2 Samuel 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
2 Samuel 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 3:26 Old Testament, KJV
And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
2 Samuel 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
2 Samuel 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
2 Samuel 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
2 Samuel 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
2 Samuel 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
2 Samuel 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
2 Samuel 12:27 Old Testament, KJV
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
2 Samuel 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
2 Samuel 14:20 Old Testament, KJV
To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
2 Samuel 19:27 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
2 Samuel 24:16 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 Samuel 24:17 Old Testament, KJV
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
1 Kings 13:18 Old Testament, KJV
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
1 Kings 19:2 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
1 Kings 19:5 Old Testament, KJV
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
1 Kings 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
1 Kings 20:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
1 Kings 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
1 Kings 20:9 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
1 Kings 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
2 Kings 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
2 Kings 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
2 Kings 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
2 Kings 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
2 Kings 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kings 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
2 Kings 6:32 Old Testament, KJV
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
2 Kings 6:33 Old Testament, KJV
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
2 Kings 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
2 Kings 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
2 Kings 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
2 Kings 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4397, grouped by book.

Genesis 17 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 6 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 15 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 26 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 16 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 16 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 8 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 18 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 10 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 19 usages, Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H4397 FAQ

What does malak (מֲלְאָךְ) mean?

Malak (Strong's H4397) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "angel". mal'ak (mal-awk') n-m. 1. a messenger 2. specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

How many times is malak (מֲלְאָךְ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 196 linked usages for Strong's H4397 across 25 books.

Where can I study malak (מֲלְאָךְ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4397 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate malak (מֲלְאָךְ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as messengers, angel, messenger, god, angels, and god's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.