angelos · messenger, angel

What it means

angelos (ἄγγελος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “messenger, angel”.

Messenger. When sent from heaven, an angel.

How to say it

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

1. Someone sent with a message.
2. A messenger from heaven who serves God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Messenger: someone sent with a message; when the one sent comes from heaven, an angel. Of the same family as ἀγγελία, “message”, and εὐαγγελίζω, “to announce good news” (G2097).

• An angel of the Lord Matthew 1:20Luke 1:26
• The angels in heaven and around Jesus Luke 2:13Mark 1:13
• Human messengers Luke 7:24James 2:25
• “I am sending my messenger ahead of you” Matthew 11:10
• The angels of the seven assemblies Revelation 1:20

How we translate it

“Angel” 88 times, “angels” 80, “messenger” 4, “messengers” 3. This edition's glossary sets “messenger” and admits “angel” when it is a heavenly being; so John's envoys (Luke 7:24) and the spies Rahab received (James 2:25) are “messengers”. It is the same decision as for the Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (H4397).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• angel ×88
• angels ×80
• messenger ×4
• messengers ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×20
• Mark×6
• Luke×25
• John×3
• Acts×21
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×4
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×3
• Colossians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×2
• Hebrews×13
• James×1
• 1 Peter×2
• 2 Peter×2
• Jude×1
• Revelation×67

• Matthew 1:20

  And as he was considering these things, look, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

• Matthew 1:24

  And Joseph, rising from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took to himself his wife;

• Matthew 2:13

  And when they had withdrawn, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.”

• Matthew 2:19

  And when Herod had died, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

• Matthew 4:6

  and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’”

• Matthew 4:11

  Then the devil leaves him, and look, angels came and were serving him.

• Matthew 11:10

  This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

• Matthew 13:39

  and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

• Matthew 13:41

  The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of stumbling and those who do lawlessness,

• Matthew 13:49

  So it will be at the end of the age: the angels will go out and separate the evil from among the righteous

• Matthew 16:27

  For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will repay each one according to his conduct.

• Matthew 18:10

  See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 22:30

  For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.

• Matthew 24:31

  And he will send out his angels with a great trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

• Matthew 24:36

  But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, except the Father alone.

• Matthew 25:31

  But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

• Matthew 25:41

  Then he will say also to those at the left, ‘Go from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

• Matthew 26:53

  Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and he will put at my side right now more than twelve legions of angels?

• Matthew 28:2

  And look, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and was sitting on it.

• Matthew 28:5

  But the angel answered the women, “Do not be afraid, you, for I know that you are seeking Jesus, who has been crucified.

• Mark 1:2

  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;

• Mark 1:13

  And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the wild animals, and the angels were serving him.

• Mark 8:38

  For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

• Mark 12:25

  For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

• Mark 13:27

  And then he will send out the angels and gather together the chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

• Mark 13:32

  But concerning that day or the hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

• Luke 1:11

  And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right of the altar of incense.

• Luke 1:13

  But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.

• Luke 1:18

  And Zechariah said to the angel, “How will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her days.”

• Luke 1:19

  And the angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands before God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

• Luke 1:26

  And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth,

• Luke 1:30

  And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

• Luke 1:34

  And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I do not know a man?”

• Luke 1:35

  And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the holy one to be born will be called Son of God.

• Luke 1:38

  And Mary said, “Look, I am the slave of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

• Luke 2:9

  And an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were afraid with great fear.

• Luke 2:10

  And the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for look, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people;

• Luke 2:13

  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God and saying,

• Luke 2:15

  And it happened, when the angels went away from them into heaven, that the shepherds were saying to one another, “Let us go then over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

• Luke 2:21

  And when eight days were completed for his circumcision, his name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And 135 more times.