Strong's #4397: mal'ak (pronounced mal-awk')
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):--ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
mal'âk
1) messenger, representative
1a) messenger
1b) angel
1c) the theophanic angel
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
Usage:
This word is used 213 times:
2 Samuel 11:23: " And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against"
2 Samuel 11:25: "Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab,"
2 Samuel 12:27: "And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah,"
2 Samuel 14:17: "be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king"
2 Samuel 14:20: "and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all"
2 Samuel 19:27: "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: " And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of"
2 Samuel 24:16: "of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay"
2 Samuel 24:16: "stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace"
2 Samuel 24:17: "the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo,"
1 Kings 13:18: "unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke unto me by the word of the LORD,"
1 Kings 19:2: "Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods"
1 Kings 19:5: "juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat."
1 Kings 19:7: " And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat;"
1 Kings 20:2: "And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said"
1 Kings 20:5: " And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although"
1 Kings 20:9: "Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that"
1 Kings 20:9: "I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word"
1 Kings 22:13: " And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying,"
2 Kings 1:2: "was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire"
2 Kings 1:3: " But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up"
2 Kings 1:3: "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto"
2 Kings 1:5: " And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?"
2 Kings 1:15: " And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid"
2 Kings 1:16: "the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god"
2 Kings 5:10: "And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan"
2 Kings 6:32: "a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he"
2 Kings 6:32: "to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door,"
2 Kings 6:33: "talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold,"
2 Kings 7:15: "the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king."
2 Kings 9:18: "thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to"
2 Kings 10:8: "And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons."
2 Kings 14:8: "Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz"
2 Kings 16:7: "So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying,"
2 Kings 17:4: "conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt,"
2 Kings 19:9: "to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,"
2 Kings 19:14: "the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up"
2 Kings 19:23: "By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I"
2 Kings 19:35: "And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp"
1 Chronicles 14:1: "king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars,"
1 Chronicles 19:2: "to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants"
1 Chronicles 19:16: "before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that"
1 Chronicles 21:12: "the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all"
1 Chronicles 21:15: "And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld,"
1 Chronicles 21:15: "of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now"
1 Chronicles 21:15: "stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor"
1 Chronicles 21:16: "his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth"
1 Chronicles 21:18: " Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that"
1 Chronicles 21:20: "turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves."
1 Chronicles 21:27: "And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath"
