# H4397 מֲלְאָךְ

מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk), Strong’s H4397: a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) KJV: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.. Occurs 213 times.

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*mălʼâk* — a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

KJV: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.

Occurs 213 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַלְאָךְ 214 n.m. messenger
- 1 messenger
- 2 angel, as messenger of God
- 3 the theophanic angel

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 16:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=7) — The LORD’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
- [Genesis 16:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=9) — The LORD’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”
- [Genesis 16:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=10) — The LORD’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”
- [Genesis 16:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=11) — The LORD’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael…
- [Genesis 19:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=1) — The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed…
- [Genesis 19:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=15) — When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are…
- [Genesis 21:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=17) — God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you…
- [Genesis 22:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=11) — The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
- [Genesis 22:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=15) — The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
- [Genesis 24:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=7) — The LORD, the God of heaven—who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who…