What does מַלְאָךְ · פָּנִים mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H4397, H6440
מַלְאַךְ פָּנָיו
A messenger ; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) · the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.)
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מַלְאָךְ H4397 a messenger ; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Pronunciation malʾāḵ
Messenger functioning across divine and human realms; primarily God's agent, but extends to prophets, priests, and human ambassadors
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פָּנִים H6440 the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.)
What does מַלְאַךְ פָּנָיו (malʾaḵ pānāw) mean in the Bible?
מַלְאָךְ · פָּנִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "messenger/angel of his presence.".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4397, H6440?
H4397, H6440 is connected to 2,340 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. messenger/angel of his presence.
Strong's H4397, H6440
Lexical occurrences 2,340 verses Source Gloss
messenger/angel of his presence.
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How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
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