"Christianity developed a hierarchy of angels based on the Judaic tradition. In addition to angels, archangels, seraphim, and cherubim, five other spiritual angelic groups -- named in the letters of Paul in the New Testament--were accepted in the church by the 4th century: virtues, powers, principalities, dominions, and thrones. Together they made up a hierarchy or choir of angels. As objects of devotion, special attention has been given to the archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches." - Encyclopedia Britannica
The word angel appears 297 times in the Bible. (Genesis 16:7, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 22:11, Genesis 22:15, Genesis 24:7, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 28:12, Genesis 31:11, Genesis 32:1, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 23:20, Exodus 23:23, Exodus 32:34, Exodus 33:2, Numbers 20:16, Numbers 22:22, Numbers 22:23, Numbers 22:24, Numbers 22:25, Numbers 22:26, Numbers 22:27, Numbers 22:31, Numbers 22:32, Numbers 22:34, Numbers 22:35, Deuteronomy 32:43, Judges 2:1, Judges 2:4, Judges 5:23, Judges 6:11, Judges 6:12, Judges 6:20, Judges 6:21, Judges 6:22, Judges 13:3, Judges 13:6, Judges 13:9, Judges 13:13, Judges 13:15, Judges 13:16, Judges 13:17, Judges 13:20, Judges 13:21, 1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 14:20, 2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Samuel 24:17, 1 Kings 13:18, 1 Kings 19:5, 1 Kings 19:7, 2 Kings 1:3, 2 Kings 1:15, 2 Kings 19:35, 1 Chronicles 21:12, 1 Chronicles 21:15, 1 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 21:18, 1 Chronicles 21:20, 1 Chronicles 21:27, 1 Chronicles 21:30, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Job 1:6, Job 2:1, Job 4:18, Job 33:23, Job 38:7, Psalm 34:7, Psalm 35:5, Psalm 35:6, Psalm 78:25, Psalm 78:49, Psalm 91:11, Psalm 103:20, Psalm 104:4, Psalm 148:2, Isaiah 37:36, Isaiah 63:9, Daniel 3:28, Daniel 6:22, Hosea 12:4, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:11, Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 1:13, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 1:19, Zechariah 2:3, Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 3:3, Zechariah 3:4, Zechariah 3:5, Zechariah 3:6, Zechariah 4:1, Zechariah 4:4, Zechariah 4:11, Zechariah 5:5, Zechariah 5:10, Zechariah 6:4, Zechariah 6:5, Zechariah 12:8, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:19, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:11, Matthew 13:39, Matthew 13:41, Matthew 13:49, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 18:10, Matthew 22:30, Matthew 24:31, Matthew 24:36, Matthew 25:31, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 26:53, Matthew 28:2, Matthew 28:5, Mark 1:13, Mark 8:38, Mark 12:25, Mark 13:27, Mark 13:32, Luke 1:11, Luke 1:13, Luke 1:18, Luke 1:19, Luke 1:26, Luke 1:28, Luke 1:30, Luke 1:34, Luke 1:35, Luke 1:38, Luke 2:9, Luke 2:10, Luke 2:13, Luke 2:15, Luke 2:21, Luke 4:10, Luke 9:26, Luke 12:8, Luke 12:9, Luke 15:10, Luke 16:22, Luke 20:36, Luke 22:43, Luke 24:23, John 1:51, John 5:3, John 12:29, John 20:12, Acts 5:19, Acts 6:15, Acts 7:30, Acts 7:35, Acts 7:38, Acts 7:53, Acts 8:26, Acts 10:3, Acts 10:4, Acts 10:7, Acts 10:22, Acts 11:13, Acts 12:7, Acts 12:8, Acts 12:9, Acts 12:10, Acts 12:11, Acts 12:15, Acts 12:23, Acts 21:8, Acts 23:8, Acts 23:9, Acts 27:23, Romans 8:38, 1 Corinthians 4:9, 1 Corinthians 6:3, 1 Corinthians 10:10, 1 Corinthians 11:10, 1 Corinthians 13:1, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Galatians 1:8, Galatians 3:19, Galatians 4:14, Ephesians 4:11, Colossians 2:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 Timothy 5:21, 2 Timothy 4:5, Hebrews 1:4, Hebrews 1:5, Hebrews 1:6, Hebrews 1:7, Hebrews 1:13, Hebrews 1:14, Hebrews 2:2, Hebrews 2:5, Hebrews 2:7, Hebrews 2:9, Hebrews 2:16, Hebrews 12:22, Hebrews 13:2, 1 Peter 1:12, 1 Peter 3:22, 2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:11, Jude 1:6, Jude 1:9, Revelation 1:1, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 2:1, Revelation 2:8, Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:18, Revelation 3:1, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 3:14, Revelation 5:2, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 7:1, Revelation 7:2, Revelation 7:11, Revelation 8:2, Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:4, Revelation 8:5, Revelation 8:6, Revelation 8:7, Revelation 8:8, Revelation 8:10, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 8:13, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:11, Revelation 9:13, Revelation 9:14, Revelation 9:15, Revelation 10:1, Revelation 10:5, Revelation 10:7, Revelation 10:8, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 12:7, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 14:6, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 14:10, Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:17, Revelation 14:18, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 15:1, Revelation 15:6, Revelation 15:7, Revelation 15:8, Revelation 16:1, Revelation 16:2, Revelation 16:3, Revelation 16:4, Revelation 16:8, Revelation 16:10, Revelation 16:12, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:3, Revelation 17:7, Revelation 17:15, Revelation 18:1, Revelation 18:21, Revelation 19:9, Revelation 19:17, Revelation 20:1, Revelation 21:9, Revelation 21:12, Revelation 21:15, Revelation 21:17, Revelation 22:1, Revelation 22:6, Revelation 22:8, Revelation 22:16)
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"Your servant is in your hands," Abram said. "Do with her whatever you think best." Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her. The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I'm running away from my mistress Sarai," she answered.
Genesis 16:6-8 from New International Version (NIV)
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And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I'm running away from my mistress Sarai," she answered. Then the angel of the LORD told her, "Go back to your mistress and submit to her." The angel added, "I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count."
Genesis 16:8-10 from New International Version (NIV)
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Then the angel of the LORD told her, "Go back to your mistress and submit to her." The angel added, "I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count." The angel of the LORD also said to her: "You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery.
Genesis 16:9-11 from New International Version (NIV)
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