The Angels — named and referenced in Scripture
The angels named and referenced in Scripture - Michael, Gabriel, the cherubim, seraphim, the angel of the LORD, the host of heaven, and more. Every verse list is derived mechanically by the figure's Strong's number across all 66 books, so each reference is verifiable against the source. Where a word also names humans, that is noted.
The angels named and referenced in Scripture. Every verse list is derived mechanically by the figure’s Strong’s number across all 66 books, so each reference is verifiable. Where a word also names humans, that is noted.
By name
The angels Scripture addresses by a personal name — and the contested names, shown only with the meaning the lexicon gives the word. No verdict added.
- Michael — who is like God?
- H4317 / G3413 · 15 verses
- Gabriel — man of God / God is my strength
- H1403 / G1043 · 4 verses
- Heylel — “Lucifer” — shining one, morning star
- H1966 · 1 verses
- The Adversary — adversary; accuser; the slanderer
- H7854 / G4567 / G1228 · 89 verses
- Abaddon / Apollyon — destruction / the destroyer
- H11 / G3 / G623 · 6 verses
By order and kind
The ranks and kinds of heavenly beings, named not by a person’s name but by what they are.
- Cherubim — the guardian figures of the throne and the mercy seat
- H3742 / G5502 · 66 verses
- Seraphim — burning ones
- H8314 · 7 verses
- Living creatures — the four living ones around the throne
- G2226 · 20 verses
- Watchers — watcher; one who is awake
- H5894 · 3 verses
- Archangel — chief / ruling messenger
- G743 · 2 verses
- The host of heaven — host; army
- H6635 · 463 verses
The word itself
Before any name or rank, there is one word — “messenger.” It carries every angel in Scripture, and every human envoy too.
- malʼāk — messenger; angel
- H4397 · 196 verses
- ángelos — messenger; angel
- G32 · 171 verses
By description
Beings Scripture does not name, but unmistakably draws — known by what they do and how they appear.
- The angel of the LORD — the messenger who speaks and is spoken to as the LORD himself
- H4397+H3068 / G32+G2962 · 62 verses
- The captain of the LORD’s host — a man with a drawn sword who claims holy ground
- H8269 · 2 verses
- The destroyer — the angel that strikes — at the Passover, and over Jerusalem
- H7843 / G3644 · 5 verses