What does ἄγγελος · κύριος mean in the Bible?
ἄγγελος · κύριος is a Greek phrase meaning "angel of the Lord".
Greek · G32, G2962
ἄγγελος κυρίου
Angel · lord: God
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ἄγγελος G32 angel
Pronunciation ángelos
Messenger or heavenly being sent by God to reveal or execute His purposes and will
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κύριος G2962 lord: God
Pronunciation kýrios
One who possesses ultimate authority; in NT, distinctively applied to the risen Jesus Christ alongside God.
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What does ἄγγελος κυρίου (angelos kyriou) mean in the Bible?
ἄγγελος · κύριος is a Greek phrase meaning "angel of the Lord".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G32, G2962?
G32, G2962 is connected to 175 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. angel of the Lord
Source Gloss
angel of the Lord
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 175 Case pattern Nominative (70) Number pattern Singular (92)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:20 · Matt 1:24 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:19 · Matt 28:2 · Matt 28:5 · Luke 1:11 · Luke 1:13 · Luke 1:19 · Luke 1:26 · Luke 1:30 · Luke 1:35 · Luke 1:38 · Luke 2:9 · Luke 2:10 · Luke 22:43 47×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:11 · Matt 13:39 · Matt 13:49 · Matt 18:10 · Matt 22:30 · Matt 24:36 · Matt 25:31 · Mark 1:13 · Mark 12:25 · Mark 13:32 · Luke 2:15 · Rom 8:38 · Heb 1:6 · 1 Pet 1:12 · 2 Pet 2:11 · Rev 1:20 23×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 16:27 · Matt 26:53 · Mark 8:38 · Luke 7:24 · Luke 9:26 · Luke 12:8 · Luke 12:9 · Luke 15:10 · Luke 16:22 · Luke 24:23 · Acts 7:53 · 1 Cor 13:1 · Gal 3:19 · Col 2:18 · 2 Thess 1:7 · 1 Tim 5:21 31×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 2:21 · Acts 6:15 · Acts 7:35 · Acts 7:38 · Acts 10:22 · Acts 12:9 · Rev 1:1 · Rev 8:4 · Rev 10:7 · Rev 10:8 · Rev 10:10 · Rev 16:5 · Rev 21:17 · Rev 22:8 14×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:6 · Matt 25:41 · Luke 4:10 · 1 Cor 4:9 · 1 Tim 3:16 · Heb 2:5 · Rev 7:2 · Rev 15:7 · Rev 16:1 9×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 2:13 · Rev 2:1 · Rev 2:8 · Rev 2:12 · Rev 2:18 · Rev 3:1 · Rev 3:7 · Rev 3:14 · Rev 9:14 9×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 11:10 · Mark 1:2 · Luke 1:18 · Luke 1:34 · Luke 7:27 · Acts 10:3 · Acts 11:13 · Acts 12:11 · Acts 23:8 · 2 Cor 11:14 · Gal 4:14 · Rev 5:2 · Rev 7:2 · Rev 9:11 · Rev 10:1 · Rev 10:9 22×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 13:41 · Matt 24:31 · Mark 13:27 · Luke 9:52 · John 1:51 · John 20:12 · 1 Cor 6:3 · 1 Cor 11:10 · Heb 1:7 · Heb 2:7 · Heb 2:9 · Heb 13:2 · Jas 2:25 · Jude 1:6 · Rev 7:1 · Rev 8:2 20×
Word Origins
ἄγγελος κυρίου is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain