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Hebrews 1:7

“And of the angels he says: He who makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.”

Hebrews 1:7 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Psalms 104:4

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Hebrews quotes Psalm 104:4 to speak of the angels. The same Hebrew word, mal'ach, comes out as “messengers” in the psalm and “angels” in Hebrews.

Formula: καὶ πρὸς μὲν τοὺς ἀγγέλους λέγει “and of the angels he says” (Hebrews 1:7)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ πρὸς μὲν τοὺς ἀγγέλους λέγει Ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πυρὸς φλόγα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): עֹשֶׂה מַלְאָכָיו רוּחוֹת מְשָׁרְתָיו אֵשׁ לֹהֵט

Septuagint (Psalms 103:4 in the Septuagint numbering): ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα, καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πῦρ φλέγον.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 10 consecutive words: “Ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hebrews 1:7, word by word

the angelsἀγγέλουςangelous

angel

A messenger from heaven who serves God.

Where else “angelous” appears
he saysλέγειlegei

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legei” appears
He who makesποιῶνpoiōn

make into

To make someone into something: "I will make you fishers".

Where else “poiōn” appears
windsπνεύματαpneumata

wind

Air moving with force.

Where else “pneumata” appears
his ministersλειτουργοὺςleitourgous

servant, minister

A public servant: someone who carries out a service for the community or a sacred service.

Where else “leitourgous” appears
a flameφλόγαphloga

flame

Flame.

Where else “phloga” appears
of fireπυρὸςpyros

fire

Fire.

Where else “pyros” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Psalm 104:4 according to the Greek Old Testament. “Winds”: the same word also means “spirits.”

Parallel passages

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Quotation · Psalms 104:4

Hebrews quotes Psalm 104:4 to speak of the angels. The same Hebrew word, mal'ach, comes out as “messengers” in the psalm and “angels” in Hebrews.

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Hebrews 1:7

7And of the angels he says: He who makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.

Psalms 104:4

4who makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.

The context

6And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says: And let all God’s angels worship him.

7 · This verse (above)

8But of the Son he says: Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

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