![]() Tobias and the Angel by Filippino Lippi, created between c. Such differentiation has been taken over by later vernacular translations of the Bible, early Christian and Jewish exegetes and eventually modern scholars. If the word refers to some supernatural being, the word angelus appears. ![]() In the Latin Vulgate, this meaning becomes bifurcated: when malʼākh or ángelos is supposed to denote a human messenger, words like nuntius or legatus are applied. The rendering of " ángelos" is the Septuagint's default translation of the Biblical Hebrew term malʼākh, denoting simply "messenger" without connoting its nature. Beekes, ángelos itself may be "an Oriental loan, like ἄγγαρος ( ángaros, 'Persian mounted courier')." Τhe word's earliest form is Mycenaean a-ke-ro, attested in Linear B syllabic script. Both of these derive from Late Latin angelus, which in turn was borrowed from Late Greek ἄγγελος angelos (literally "messenger"). The word angel arrives in modern English from Old English engel (with a hard g) and the Old French angele. They are often identified in Christian artwork with bird wings, halos, and divine light. Those expelled from Heaven are called fallen angels, distinct from the heavenly host.Īngels in art are usually shaped like humans of extraordinary beauty, though this is not always the case-sometimes, they can be portrayed in a frightening, inhuman manner. Some angels have specific names (such as Gabriel or Michael) or titles (such as seraph or archangel). ![]() Abrahamic religions describe angelic hierarchies, which vary by religion and sect. Other roles include protectors and guides for humans, such as guardian angels, and servants of God. In various theistic religious traditions, an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.Ībrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, by Gustave Doré in 1855
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