ἀρχάγγελος
är-khä'n-ge-los
masculine noun
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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).