Angel of the Lord

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The Angel of the Lord is an entity appearing repeatedly in the Tanakh on behalf of the God of Israel. The term malakh YHWH, which occurs 65 times in the text of the Hebrew Bible, can be translated either as "the angel of the Lord" or "an angel of the Lord".

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When

First attested
1000 BCE
Attested period
-1000 – 300
Historical notes
Appears in the Tanakh and New Testament.

Relationships

serves
God
manifested by
YHWH, Destroying angel

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Sources

Source passages

“These angels (mal’āḵīm) are also variously referred to as memitim (מְמִיתִים, 'executioners, slayers'), or, when used singularly, as the Angel of the Lord. The latter is found in Job 33:22, as well as in Proverbs 16:14 in the plural "messengers of death".”

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