ἀρχάγγελος
archangelos · archangel
Greek word · Strong’s number G743 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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archangelos (ἀρχάγγελος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “archangel”.
A chief messenger of God, a ruling angel.
How to say it
ar·chan·ge·los
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Chief angel, leader of the angels.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in the Messiah will rise first;
- Jude 1:9
But when Michael the archangel, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a judgment of blasphemy, but said, May the Lord rebuke you.