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מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk · Hebrew · Strong's H4397 · 213 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “messenger”
What it means
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy;
How the KJV renders it
ambassador, angel, king, messenger
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Where it appears
213 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 14:1 HNcmpa1 Chronicles 19:2 HNcmpa1 Chronicles 19:16 HNcmpa1 Chronicles 21:12 HC/Ncmsc1 Chronicles 21:15 HC/Ncmsc1 Chronicles 21:16 HNcmsc1 Chronicles 21:18 HC/Ncmsc1 Chronicles 21:20 HTd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 21:27 HRd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 21:30 HNcmsc1 Kings 13:18 HC/Ncmsa1 Kings 19:2 HNcmsa1 Kings 19:5 HNcmsa1 Kings 19:7 HNcmsc1 Kings 20:2 HNcmpa1 Kings 20:5 HTd/Ncmpa1 Kings 20:9 HR/Ncmpc1 Kings 22:13 HC/Td/Ncmsa1 Samuel 6:21 HNcmpa1 Samuel 11:3 HNcmpa1 Samuel 11:4 HTd/Ncmpa1 Samuel 11:7 HTd/Ncmpa1 Samuel 11:9 HRd/Ncmpa1 Samuel 16:19 HNcmpa1 Samuel 19:11 HNcmpa1 Samuel 19:14 HNcmpa1 Samuel 19:15 HTd/Ncmpa1 Samuel 19:16 HTd/Ncmpa1 Samuel 19:20 HNcmpa1 Samuel 19:21 HNcmpa1 Samuel 23:27 HC/Ncmsa1 Samuel 25:14 HNcmpa1 Samuel 25:42 HNcmpc1 Samuel 29:9 HR/Ncmsc2 Chronicles 18:12 HC/Td/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 32:21 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 35:21 HNcmpa2 Chronicles 36:15 HNcmpc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 36:16 HR/Ncmpc2 Kings 1:2 HNcmpa2 Kings 1:3 HC/Ncmsc2 Kings 1:5 HTd/Ncmpa2 Kings 1:15 HNcmsc2 Kings 1:16 HNcmpa2 Kings 5:10 HNcmsa2 Kings 6:32 HTd/Ncmsa2 Kings 6:33 HTd/Ncmsa2 Kings 7:15 HTd/Ncmpa2 Kings 9:18 HTd/Ncmsa2 Kings 10:8 HTd/Ncmsa2 Kings 14:8 HNcmpa2 Kings 16:7 HNcmpa2 Kings 17:4 HNcmpa2 Kings 19:9 HNcmpa2 Kings 19:14 HTd/Ncmpa2 Kings 19:23 HNcmpc/Sp2ms2 Kings 19:35 HNcmsc2 Samuel 2:5 HNcmpa2 Samuel 3:12 HNcmpa2 Samuel 3:14 HNcmpa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.