King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H4397 - Messengers

Strong's No.:	H4397

Hebrew:	מֲלְאָךְ

Transliteration:	mălʼâk

Phonetic:	mal-awk'

Word Origin:	From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy

Bible Usage:	{ambassador} {angel} {king} messenger.

Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine

Strongs Definition:	a messenger; specifically of {God} that {is} an angel (also a {prophet} priest or teacher)

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	1. messenger, representative a. messenger b. angel c. the theophanic angel

Bible References: Messengers	Gen 32:3 Gen 32:6 Num 20:14 Num 21:21 Num 22:5 Num 24:12 Deut 2:26 Josh 6:17 Josh 6:25 Josh 7:22 Judg 6:35 Judg 6:35 Judg 7:24 Judg 9:31 Judg 11:12 Judg 11:13 Judg 11:14 Judg 11:17 Judg 11:19 1 Sam 6:21 1 Sam 11:3 1 Sam 11:4 1 Sam 11:7 1 Sam 11:9 1 Sam 11:9 1 Sam 16:19 1 Sam 19:11 1 Sam 19:14 1 Sam 19:15 1 Sam 19:16 1 Sam 19:20 1 Sam 19:20 1 Sam 19:21 1 Sam 19:21 1 Sam 25:14 1 Sam 25:42 2 Sam 2:5 2 Sam 3:12 2 Sam 3:14 2 Sam 3:26 2 Sam 5:11 2 Sam 11:4 2 Sam 12:27 1 King 20:2 1 King 20:5 1 King 20:9 1 King 20:9 2 King 1:2 2 King 1:3 2 King 1:5 2 King 1:16 2 King 7:15 2 King 14:8 2 King 16:7 2 King 17:4 2 King 19:9 2 King 19:14 2 King 19:23 1 Chr 14:1 1 Chr 19:2 1 Chr 19:16 2 Chr 36:15 2 Chr 36:16 Neh 6:3 Prov 16:14 Isa 14:32 Isa 18:2 Isa 37:9 Isa 37:14 Isa 44:26 Jer 27:3 Ezek 23:16 Ezek 30:9 Nah 2:13

Translation Occurrences:	ambassadors ( 4 ) angel ( 101 ) angels ( 10 ) messenger ( 24 ) messengers ( 74 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.