23 Biblical Terms for Angels
Channel: Galen Currah
Date: 2020-11-04

Adapted from Michael S. Heiser, Angels: What the Bible Really Says About God’s Heavenly Host, Lexham Press (2018) 
Bible quotations taken from the New English Translation (2010)
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Contents

23 Biblical Terms for Angels
In the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
 Angels: their essential nature
 Angels: their groups
 Angels: Their assigned tasks
In the Greek New Testament

In the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)

Angels: their essential nature

1.“Spirit” (רוח, rûaḥ; plural: רוחות, rûaḥôṯ) 
2.“Heavenly Ones” (שמים, šamayim)
3.“Stars” (כוכבים, kōḵeḇı̂m)
4.“Holy Ones” (קדושים, qedōšı̂m)
5.“Gods / Divine Beings” (אלוהים, ʾelōhı̂m)

Angels: their groups

6. “Assembly” (עדה, ʿēdāh; עדת, ʿadaṯ) 
7. “Council” (סוד, sōḏ) 
8. “Congregation” (קהל, qāhāl) 
9. “Assembly, Assembled Meeting” (מועד, môʿēd) 
10. “Court” (Aramaic: דין, dı̂n)
11. “Prince” (שר, sar)

Angels: Their assigned tasks

12. “Angel” (מלאך, malʾāk; plural: מלאכים, malʾāḵı̂m)
13.“Minister” (משרת, mešarēt)
14. “Watcher” (Aramaic: עיר, ʿı̂r; plural: עירין, ʿı̂rı̂n)
15. “Host” (צבא, ṣabaʾ; plural: צבאות, ṣeḇaʾôt)
16. “Mighty Ones” (גברם, gibborı̂m)
17. “Mighty Ones” (אבירים, ʾabbı̂rı̂m)
18. “Mediator” (מליץ, mēlı̂ṣ)
19. “Cherubim” (כרובים, keruḇı̂m)
20. “Seraphim” (שרפים, śerāp̱ı̂m)

In the Greek New Testament

21. “Angel” (ἄγγελος, angelos)
22.  “Archangel” (ἀρχάγγελος, arḥangelos)
23. “Spirit” (πνεῦμα, pneuma; plural: πνεῦματα, pneumata).

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