ἀρχάγγελος
archaggelos
Masculine noun · From ἄρχω (G757) and ἄγγελος (G32)
From G757 and G32; a chief angel:—archangel.
Outline
- archangel, or chief of the angels
- The Jews, after the exile, distinguished several orders of angels; some reckoned four angels (according to the four sides of God's throne) of the highest rank; but the majority reckoned seven (after the pattern of the seven Amshaspands, the highest spirits of the religion of Zoroaster).