noun · masculine
archangelos
Greekἀρχάγγελος (archangelos)
Strong’sG743
a ruler of angels, a superior angel, an archangel
stem archangel-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ἀρχ-άγγελος, -ου, ὁ
(< ἄρχι-, ἄγγελος),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G743 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar-khang'-el-os
a chief angel
Fromfrom G757 and G32;
King Jamesarchangel.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | archangelos1×ἀρχάγγελος | archangelois |
| object accusative | archangelon | archangeloin |
| direct address vocative | archangelor | archangeloir |
| of, belonging to genitive | archangelou1×ἀρχαγγέλου | archangeloiu |
| to, for dative | archangelo | archangeloi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
archangelo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
archangelos“archangel”subjectnominative singular1×
Jude 1:9“archangel”tos de Michaēl tos archangelos, hote to diabolo diakrinerōtos dialegete peri teu Mōusou sōmeu, ouk tolmata krisian epiferara blasfēmiau, alla legata; Epitimatoia si kurios.But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
archangelou“archangel”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Thessalonians 4:16“archangel”hoti autos tos kurios en keleusme, en fōna archangelou kai en salpinxa theou, katabaineti apo ouranou, kai tois nekrois en Christo anistaneli prōtem,For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.