Words the Bible translates as messenger
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- angelosἄγγελοςa messenger: a person sent to carry word or do an errand
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- an angel: a heavenly being who serves and speaks for God
- male'akhמַלְאָךְa messenger: someone sent by another to carry a message or do an errand on the sender's behalf, whether a human envoy or a heavenly being (an angel).
- apostolosἀπόστολοςone who is sent out with the authority of the one who sent him; a commissioned envoy
- tsirצִירan envoy: a person formally dispatched with a message on someone else's authority, most often between rulers or nations
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- a hinge: the pivot a door swings on
- a writhing pang: the seizing, doubling-over pain of labor, or that same pain brought on by dread
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