(Heb mal'ak, Gr. angelos), an angel, a messenger who runs on foot, the bearer of despatches (Job 1:14; 1Sa 11:7; 2Ch 36:22); swift of foot (2Ki 9:18).
So a horseman went to meet Jehu and said, "This is what the king asks: '[Do you come in] peace?' " Jehu replied, "What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me." The watchman reported, "The messenger reached them but hasn't started back."
a messenger came to Job and reported: "While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,
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