Angel
An angel is fundamentally a messenger. The Hebrew and Greek terms can refer to either human or heavenly messengers depending on context.
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Ambassador
A messenger sent by a sovereign, to transact affairs of great moment. Ministers of the Gospel are called ambassadors, because, in the name of Jesus Christ the King of kings, they declare his will to men, and propose the terms of their reconciliation to God, 2 Cor. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H2831, H3887, H4397, H6735
- Hebrew
- חַשְׁמַן · chashman
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חַשְׁמַן
- Transliteration
- chashman
- Pronunciation
- khash-man'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
ambassadors, princes.
Lexicon definition
wealthy
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
לוּץ
- Transliteration
- lûwts
- Pronunciation
- loots
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 28
Glosses
ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Lexicon definition
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff
hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
מֲלְאָךְ
- Transliteration
- mălʼâk
- Pronunciation
- mal-awk'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 213
Glosses
ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Lexicon definition
a messenger
specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
צִיר
- Transliteration
- tsîyr
- Pronunciation
- tseer
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 12
Glosses
ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare H6736 (צִיר).
Lexicon definition
a hinge (as pressed in turning)
also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure)
also a herald or erranddoer (as constrained by the principal)
also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure)
also a herald or erranddoer (as constrained by the principal)
Greek lexical coverage
No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry
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Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Ambassador
In the Old Testament the Hebrew word tsir, meaning "one who goes on an errand," is rendered thus (Josh. 9:4; Prov. 13:17; Isa. 18:2; Jer. 49:14; Obad. 1:1). This is also the rendering of melits, meaning "an interpreter," in 2 Chr. 32:31; and of malak, a "messenger," in 2 Chr. 35:21; Isa. 30:4; 33:7; Ezek. 17:15. This is the name used by the apostle as designating those who are appointed by God to declare his will (2 Cor. 5:20; Eph. 6:20). The Hebrews on various occasions and for various purposes had recourse to the services of ambassadors, e.g., to contract alliances (Josh. 9:4), to solicit favours (Num. 20:14), to remonstrate when wrong was done (Judg. 11:12), to condole with a young king on the death of his father (2 Sam. 10:2), and to congratulate a king on his accession to the throne (1 Kings 5:1). To do injury to an ambassador was to insult the king who sent him (2 Sam. 10:5).
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
AMBASSADOR
a messenger sent by a sovereign, to transact affairs of great moment. Ministers of the Gospel are called ambassadors, because, in the name of Jesus Christ the King of kings, they declare his will to men, and propose the terms of their reconciliation to God, 2 Cor. v, 20; Eph. vi, 20. Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah, the servants of king Hezekiah, were called “ambassadors of peace.” In their master’s name they earnestly solicited a peace from the Assyrian monarch, but were made “to weep bitterly” with the disappointment and refusal, Isaiah xxxiii, 7.
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Ambassador
Indexed occurrences: 1
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Strong's Concordance
Ambassadors
Indexed occurrences: 2
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All Scripture references18 references
Numbers 2
Joshua 1
Judges 1
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Job 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Ezekiel 1
Obadiah 1
Luke 1
John 1
2 Corinthians 1
Ephesians 1
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
AMBASSADORS
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for AMBASSADORS.
Indexed references: 14
Scripture references:
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Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
Ancient Context2 items
Josephus Antiquities Whiston
How Antiochus Made A League With Ptolemy And How Onias Provoked Ptolemy Euergetes To Anger; And How Joseph Brought All Things Right Again, And Entered Into Friendship With Him; And What Other Things Were Done By Joseph, And His Son Hyrcanus.
Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 4
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The Honors That Were Paid The Jews; And The Leagues That Were Made By The Romans And Other Nations, With Them.
Antiquities Book 14, Chapter 10
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AMBASSADORS
Nave’s Topical Bible references for AMBASSADORS.
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Ambassador
In the Old Testament the Hebrew word tsir, meaning "one who goes on an errand," is rendered thus (Josh. 9:4; Prov. 13:17; Isa. 18:2; Jer. 49:14; Obad. 1:1). This is also the rendering of melits, meaning "an interpreter," in 2 Chr. 32:31; and of malak, a "messenger," in 2 Chr. 35:21; Isa. 30:4; 33:7; Ezek. 17:15. This is the name used by the apostle as designating those who are appointed by God to declare his will (2 Cor. 5:20; Eph. 6:20). The Hebrews on various occasions and for various purposes had recourse to the services of ambassadors, e.g., to contract alliances (Josh. 9:4), to solicit favours (Num. 20:14), to remonstrate when wrong was done (Judg. 11:12), to condole with a young king on the death of his father (2 Sam. 10:2), and to congratulate a king on his accession to the throne (1 Kings 5:1). To do injury to an ambassador was to insult the king who sent him (2 Sam. 10:5).
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Mediator
One who intervenes between two persons who are at variance, with a view to reconcile them. This word is not found in the Old Testament; but the idea it expresses is found in Job 9:33, in the word "daysman" (q.v.), marg., "umpire." This word is used in the New Testament to denote simply an internuncius, an ambassador, one who acts as a medium of communication between two contracting parties. In this sense Moses is called a mediator in Gal. 3:19. Christ is the one and only mediator between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 8:6; 9:15; 12:24). He makes reconciliation between God and man by his all-perfect atoning sacrifice. Such a mediator must be at once divine and human, divine, that his obedience and his sufferings might possess infinite worth, and that he might possess infinite wisdom and knowlege and power to direct all things in the kingdoms of providence and grace which are committed to his hands (Matt. 28:18; John 5:22, 25, 26, 27); and human, that in his work he might represent man, and be capable of rendering obedience to the law and satisfying the claims of justice (Heb. 2:17, 18; 4:15, 16), and that in his glorified humanity he might be the head of a glorified Church (Rom. 8:29). This office involves the three functions of prophet, priest, and king, all of which are discharged by Christ both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation. These functions are so inherent in the one office that the quality appertaining to each gives character to every mediatorial act. They are never separated in the exercise of the office of mediator.
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