◄ 32. aggelos ►
Strong's Lexicon aggelos: Angel, messenger Original Word: ἄγγελος Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: aggelos Pronunciation: ANG-gel-os Phonetic Spelling: (ang'-el-os) Definition: a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men. Meaning: A messenger; one who is sent to deliver a message. In the New Testament, it often refers to a supernatural being, an angel, who serves as a messenger of God. Word Origin: Derived from the root ἀγγέλλω (angellō), meaning "to announce" or "to bring tidings." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • מַלְאָךְ (mal'ak) • Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, representative, or angel. This term is used in the Old Testament to describe both human and divine messengers, similar to the Greek ἄγγελος. In summary, ἄγγελος is a multifaceted term that encompasses both human and divine messengers, with a predominant focus on the role of angels as God's emissaries in the New Testament. Their presence underscores the divine-human interaction and the unfolding of God's redemptive plan. Usage: The term ἄγγελος is used in the New Testament to describe both human messengers and celestial beings. It appears frequently in contexts involving divine communication, guidance, or intervention. Context: The term ἄγγελος is a significant concept in biblical theology, representing both human and divine messengers. In the New Testament, angels are depicted as spiritual beings created by God to serve Him and execute His will. They are often portrayed as intermediaries between God and humans, delivering divine messages, providing guidance, and offering protection. Angels appear in various forms and functions throughout the biblical narrative. For instance, in the Gospel of Luke, the angel Gabriel announces the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus (Luke 1:11-38). In the Book of Acts, an angel liberates the apostle Peter from prison (Acts 12:7-10). The Book of Revelation is replete with angelic activity, illustrating their role in the unfolding of eschatological events (Revelation 1:1, 5:11). Theologically, angels are understood to be part of the created order, distinct from humans, and possessing greater power and knowledge. They are depicted as worshippers of God, as seen in Revelation 5:11-12, where they join in the heavenly chorus praising the Lamb. While angels are primarily seen as benevolent beings, the New Testament also acknowledges the existence of fallen angels, who oppose God's purposes. This duality highlights the spiritual warfare theme present in the biblical narrative. HELPS Word-studies 32 ággelos – properly, a messenger or delegate – either human (Mt 11:10; Lk 7:24, 9:52; Gal 4:14; Js 2:25) or heavenly (a celestial angel); someone sent (by God) to proclaim His message. 32 (ággelos) is used 176 times in the NT (usually of heavenly angels), but only the context determines whether a human or celestial messenger is intended. For example, 32 (ággelos) in Rev 1:20 can refer to heavenly angels or key leaders (perhaps pastors) of the seven churches. [32 (ággelos) can refer to "a human messenger" (cf. John the Baptist, Mt 11:10, quoting Mal 3:1; see also Lk 7:24, 9:52). 32 /ággelos (plural, angeloi) refers to heavenly angels over 150 times in the NT, i.e. spiritual beings created by God to serve His plan. In Rev 2, 3, "angels" seems to refer to heavenly angels that serve God in conjunction with these seven local churches. (Rev 2:1) – "Probably 'the angels of the churches' (Rev 1:20, 2:1, etc.) – i.e. really angels, and not pastors" (DNTT, Vol 1, 103).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 32: ἄγγελος ἄγγελος, , ὁ, 1. a messenger, envoy, one who is sent: Matthew 11:10; Luke 7:24, 27; Luke 9:52; Mark 1:2; James 2:25. (From Homer down.) 2. In the Scriptures, both of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, one of that host of heavenly spirits that, according alike to Jewish and Christian opinion, wait upon the monarch of the universe, and are sent by him to earth, now to execute his purposes (Matthew 4:6, 11; Matthew 28:2; Mark 1:13; Luke 16:22; Luke 22:43 (L brackets WH reject the passage); Acts 7:35; ; Galatians 3:19, cf. Hebrews 1:14), now to make them known to men (Luke 1:11, 26; Luke 2:9ff; Acts 10:3; Acts 27:23; Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:13; Matthew 28:5; John 20:12f); hence, the frequent expressions ἄγγελος (angel, messenger of God, מַלְאָך) and ἄγγελοι κυρίου or ἄγγελοι τοῦ Θεοῦ. They are subject not only to God but also to Christ (Hebrews 1:4ff; 1 Peter 3:22, cf. Ephesians 1:21; Galatians 4:14), who is described as hereafter to return to judgment surrounded by a multitude of them as servants and attendants: Matthew 13:41, 49; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:31; Matthew 25:31; 2 Thessalonians 1:7, cf. Jude 1:14. Single angels have the charge of separate elements; as fire, Revelation 14:18; waters, Revelation 16:5, cf. Revelation 7:1; John 5:4 (R L). Respecting the ἄγγελος τῆς ἀβύσσου, Revelation 9:11, see Ἀβαδδών, 3. Guardian angels of individuals are mentioned in Matthew 18:10; Acts 12:15. 'The angels of the churches' in Revelation 1:20; Revelation 2:1, 8, 12, 18; Revelation 3:1, 7, 14 are not their presbyters or bishops, but heavenly spirits who exercise such a superintendence and guardianship over them that whatever in their assemblies is worthy of praise or of censure is counted to the praise or the blame of their angels also, as though the latter infused their spirit into the assemblies; cf. DeWette, Düsterdieck (Alford) on Revelation 1:20, and Lücke, Einl. in d. Offenb. d. Johan. ii., p. 429f, edition 2; (Lightfoot on Philip., p. 199f). διά τούς ἀγγέλους that she may show reverence for the anqels, invisibly present in the religious assemblies of Christians, and not displease them, 1 Corinthians 11:10. ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις in 1 Timothy 3:16 is probably to be explained neither of angels to whom Christ exhibited himself in heaven, nor of demons triumphed over by him in the nether world, but of the apostles, his messengers, to whom he appeared after his resurrection. This appellation, which is certainly extraordinary, is easily understood from the nature of the hymn from which the passage ἐφανερώθη ... ἐν δόξῃ seems to have been taken; cf. Winer's Grammar, 639f (594) (for other interpretations see Ellicott, at the passage). In John 1:51 (52) angels are employed, by a beautiful image borrowed from Genesis 28:12, to represent the divine power that will aid Jesus in the discharge of his Messianic office, and the signal proofs to appear in his history of a divine superintendence. Certain of the angels have proved faithless to the trust committed to them by God, and have given themselves up to sin, Jude 1:6; 2 Peter 2:4 (Enoch c. vi. etc., cf. Genesis 6:2), and now obey the devil, Matthew 25:41; Revelation 12:7, cf. 1 Corinthians 6:3 (yet on this last passage cf. Meyer; he and others maintain that ἄγγελοι without an epithet or limitation never in the N. T. signifies other than good angels). Hence, ἄγγελος Σατᾶν is tropically used in 2 Corinthians 12:7 to denote a grievous bodily malady sent by Satan. See δαίμων; (Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word ἄγγελος; and for the literature on the whole subject B. D. American edition under the word Angels — and to the references there given add G. L. Hahn, Theol. des N. T., i., pp. 260-384; Delitzsch in Riehm under the word Engel; Kübel in Herzog edition 2, ibid.). STRONGS NT 32b: ἄγγος ἄγγος, (εος, τό (plural ἄγγη), equivalent to ἀγγεῖον, which see: Matthew 13:48 T Tr WH. (From Homer down; (cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 23).) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance angel, messenger. From aggello (probably derived from ago; compare agele) (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an "angel"; by implication, a pastor -- angel, messenger. see GREEK ago see GREEK agele Forms and Transliterations αγγελοι αγγελοί άγγελοι άγγελοί ἄγγελοι ἄγγελοί αγγελοις αγγέλοις ἀγγέλοις αγγελον άγγελον άγγελόν ἄγγελον ἄγγελόν αγγελος άγγελος άγγελός ἄγγελος ἄγγελός αγγελου αγγέλου ἀγγέλου αγγελους αγγέλους ἀγγέλους αγγελω αγγέλω ἀγγέλῳ αγγελων αγγελών αγγέλων ἀγγέλων άγγος angelo angelō angeloi angéloi angélōi ángeloi ángeloí angelois angélois angelon angelōn angélon angélōn ángelon ángelón angelos ángelos ángelós angelou angélou angelous angélous Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 1:20 N-NMS GRK: ἐνθυμηθέντος ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος Κυρίου κατ' NAS: behold, an angel of the Lord KJV: behold, the angel of the Lord INT: having pondered behold an angel of [the] Lord in Matthew 1:24 N-NMS GRK: αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου καὶ NAS: and did as the angel of the Lord KJV: as the angel of the Lord INT: him the angel of [the] Lord and Matthew 2:13 N-NMS GRK: αὐτῶν ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος Κυρίου φαίνεται NAS: behold, an angel of the Lord KJV: behold, the angel of the Lord INT: they behold an angel of [the] Lord appears Matthew 2:19 N-NMS GRK: Ἡρῴδου ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος Κυρίου φαίνεται NAS: behold, an angel of the Lord KJV: behold, an angel of the Lord INT: Herod behold an angel of [the] Lord appears Matthew 4:6 N-DMP GRK: ὅτι Τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται NAS: HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING KJV: his angels charge INT: to the angels of him he will give orders Matthew 4:11 N-NMP GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄγγελοι προσῆλθον καὶ NAS: Him; and behold, angels came KJV: and, behold, angels came and INT: and behold angels came and Matthew 11:10 N-AMS GRK: ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ NAS: I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO KJV: send my messenger before thy INT: send the messenger of me before Matthew 13:39 N-NMP GRK: δὲ θερισταὶ ἄγγελοί εἰσιν NAS: and the reapers are angels. KJV: the reapers are the angels. INT: and [the] harvesters angels are Matthew 13:41 N-AMP GRK: ἀνθρώπου τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ καὶ NAS: will send forth His angels, and they will gather KJV: his angels, and INT: of man the angels of him and Matthew 13:49 N-NMP GRK: ἐξελεύσονται οἱ ἄγγελοι καὶ ἀφοριοῦσιν NAS: of the age; the angels will come forth KJV: of the world: the angels shall come forth, INT: will go out the angels and will separate Matthew 16:27 N-GMP GRK: μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ καὶ NAS: of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN KJV: with his angels; and then INT: with the angels of him and Matthew 18:10 N-NMP GRK: ὅτι οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτῶν ἐν NAS: for I say to you that their angels in heaven KJV: heaven their angels do always behold INT: that the angels of them in Matthew 22:30 N-NMP GRK: ἀλλ' ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐν τῷ NAS: but are like angels in heaven. KJV: are as the angels of God in INT: but like angels in Matthew 24:31 N-AMP GRK: ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ μετὰ NAS: And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT KJV: he shall send his angels with a great INT: he will send the angels of him with Matthew 24:36 N-NMP GRK: οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι τῶν οὐρανῶν NAS: not even the angels of heaven, KJV: [man], no, not the angels of heaven, INT: not even the angels of the heavens Matthew 25:31 N-NMP GRK: πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι μετ' αὐτοῦ NAS: and all the angels with Him, then KJV: all the holy angels with him, INT: all the angels with him Matthew 25:41 N-DMP GRK: καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ NAS: for the devil and his angels; KJV: and his angels: INT: and the angels of him Matthew 26:53 N-GMP GRK: δώδεκα λεγιῶνας ἀγγέλων NAS: than twelve legions of angels? KJV: twelve legions of angels? INT: twelve legions of angels Matthew 28:2 N-NMS GRK: ἐγένετο μέγας ἄγγελος γὰρ Κυρίου NAS: had occurred, for an angel of the Lord KJV: for the angel of the Lord INT: there was great an angel indeed of [the] Lord Matthew 28:5 N-NMS GRK: δὲ ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν ταῖς NAS: The angel said to the women, KJV: [men].And the angel answered and said INT: moreover the angel said to the Mark 1:2 N-AMS GRK: ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ NAS: I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD KJV: send my messenger before thy INT: I send the messenger of me before Mark 1:13 N-NMP GRK: καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι διηκόνουν αὐτῷ NAS: and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering KJV: and the angels ministered INT: and the angels ministered to him Mark 8:38 N-GMP GRK: μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἁγίων NAS: of His Father with the holy angels. KJV: with the holy angels. INT: with the angels holy Mark 12:25 N-NMP GRK: εἰσὶν ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐν τοῖς NAS: but are like angels in heaven. KJV: are as the angels which are in INT: are like angels in the Mark 13:27 N-AMP GRK: ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ ἐπισυνάξει NAS: He will send forth the angels, and will gather together KJV: his angels, and INT: he will send the angels and will gather together Strong's Greek 32 176 Occurrences ἀγγέλῳ — 9 Occ. ἀγγέλων — 31 Occ. ἄγγελοι — 23 Occ. ἀγγέλοις — 9 Occ. ἄγγελόν — 22 Occ. ἄγγελος — 48 Occ. ἀγγέλου — 14 Occ. ἀγγέλους — 20 Occ.