ἄγγελος

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greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine175 occurrences18 books171 verses

Definition

ἄγγελος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for מַלְאָךְ ;]

1. a messenger, one sent: Matthew 11:10, James 22:25.

2. As in LXX, in the special sense of angel, a spiritual, heavenly being, attendant upon God and employed as his messenger to men, to make known his purposes, as Luke 1:11, or to execute them, as Matthew 4:6. The ἄ. in Revelation 1:20-2:1, al., is variously understood as

(1) a messenger or delegate,

(2) a bishop or ruler,

(3) a guardian angel,

(4) the prevailing spirit of each church, i.e. the Church itself. (Cf. Swete, Ap)., in l.; DB, iv, 991; Thayer, see word; Cremer, 18; MM, VGT, see word)

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

175 total
  1. Matthew 1:20ἄγγελος · an angel
    But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
  2. Matthew 1:24ἄγγελος · angel
    When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and embraced Mary as his wife.
  3. Matthew 2:13ἄγγελος · an angel
    When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
  4. Matthew 2:19ἄγγελος · an angel
    After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
  5. Matthew 4:6ἀγγέλοις · angels
    “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
  6. Matthew 4:11ἄγγελοι · angels
    Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.
  7. Matthew 11:10ἄγγελόν · messenger
    This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
  8. Matthew 13:39ἄγγελοί · angels
    …and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
  9. Matthew 13:41ἀγγέλους · angels
    The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
  10. Matthew 13:49ἄγγελοι · angels
    So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous
  11. Matthew 16:27ἀγγέλων · angels
    For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
  12. Matthew 18:10ἄγγελοι · angels
    See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
  13. Matthew 22:30ἄγγελοι · [the] angels
    In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
  14. Matthew 24:31ἀγγέλους · angels
    And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
  15. Matthew 24:36ἄγγελοι · angels
    No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
  16. Matthew 25:31ἄγγελοι · angels
    When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
  17. Matthew 25:41ἀγγέλοις · angels
    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  18. Matthew 26:53ἀγγέλων · of angels
    Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
  19. Matthew 28:2ἄγγελος · an angel
    Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
  20. Matthew 28:5ἄγγελος · angel
    But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
  21. Mark 1:2ἄγγελόν · messenger
    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
  22. Mark 1:13ἄγγελοι · angels
    …and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
  23. Mark 8:38ἀγγέλων · angels
    If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
  24. Mark 12:25ἄγγελοι · [the] angels
    When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
  25. Mark 13:27ἀγγέλους · angels
    And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
  26. Mark 13:32ἄγγελοι · angels
    No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
  27. Luke 1:11ἄγγελος · an angel
    Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
  28. Luke 1:13ἄγγελος · angel
    But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
  29. Luke 1:18ἄγγελον · angel
    “How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
  30. Luke 1:19ἄγγελος · angel
    “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
  31. Luke 1:26ἄγγελος · angel
    In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
  32. Luke 1:30ἄγγελος · angel
    So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
  33. Luke 1:34ἄγγελον · angel
    “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
  34. Luke 1:35ἄγγελος · angel
    The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
  35. Luke 1:38ἄγγελος · angel
    “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.
  36. Luke 2:9ἄγγελος · an angel
    Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
  37. Luke 2:10ἄγγελος · angel
    But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
  38. Luke 2:13ἀγγέλῳ · angel
    And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:
  39. Luke 2:15ἄγγελοι · angels
    When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
  40. Luke 2:21ἀγγέλου · angel
    When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
  41. Luke 4:10ἀγγέλοις · angels
    For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,
  42. Luke 7:24ἀγγέλων · messengers
    After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
  43. Luke 7:27ἄγγελόν · messenger
    This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
  44. Luke 9:26ἀγγέλων · angels
    If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
  45. Luke 9:52ἀγγέλους · messengers
    He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.
  46. Luke 12:8ἀγγέλων · angels
    I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
  47. Luke 12:9ἀγγέλων · angels
    But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
  48. Luke 15:10ἀγγέλων · angels
    In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
  49. Luke 16:22ἀγγέλων · angels
    One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
  50. Luke 22:43ἄγγελος · an angel
    Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.