ANGELS IN THE
BIBLE (From the NRSV Concordance)
-- "Angel" - 203 times in 195 verses (including "angel of the Lord," 66 times in 63 verses, and “angel's," 1 time in Acts 12:9)
-- "Angels" - 92 times in 89 verses
(Total 295 times in 284 verses. The NRSV Concordance numbers include the Apocrypha.)
Numbers in parentheses stand for occurrences of “angel - angel of the Lord - angels.”
Genesis 15 (5-6-4)
Exodus 6 (5-1- )
Numbers 11 (1-10-; all but one in Ch 22)
Judges 22 (3-19-; mostly Ch 6 & 13)
1 Samuel 1 (1- - )
2 Samuel 7 (6-1- ; 4 in Ch 24)
1 Kings 3 (2-1- )
2 Kings 2 ( -2- )
1 Chronicles 9 (4-5-; all Ch 21)
2 Chronicles 1 (1- - )
Job 2 (1- -1)
Psalms 8 ( -3-5)
Isaiah 2 (1-1- )
Daniel 2 (2- - )
Hosea 1 (1- - )
Zechariah 21 (15-6- )
Total 113 (48-55-10)
Matthew 19 (1-5-13)
Mark 5 ( - -5)
Luke 23 (12-2-9; 10 in Ch 1, 6 in Ch 2)
John 3 (1- -2)
Acts 21 (15-4-1; "angel's" in 12:9)
Romans 1 ( - -1)
1 Corinthians 4 ( - -4)
2 Corinthians 1 (1- - )
Galatians 3 (2- -1)
Colossians 1 ( - -1)
2 Thessalonians 1 ( - -1)
1 Timothy 2 ( - -2)
Hebrews 14 ( - -14; 7 in Ch 1, 5 in Ch 2)
1 Peter 2 ( - -2)
2 Peter 2 ( - -2)
Jude 1 ( - -1)
Revelation 79 (56- -23)
Total 182 (89-11-82)
Totals of
occurrences of angel-angel of the Lord-angels-angel's
113 verses in 16 OT books
+ 182 verses in 17 NT books
= 295 verses in the 33 Bible books mentioning angels
(Revelation 79, Luke 23, Judges 22, Zechariah 21, Acts 21, Matthew 19)
Plus other
angels:
- "Archangel" 2 vs: 1 Thess 4:16, Jude 9. also 2 Esdras 4:36
- "Seraph" Isaiah 6:7; "seraphs" Isaiah 6:2,6
- "Cherub" 27 times in 20 vs; "cherubim" 67 times in 57 vs (11 vs in Exodus, 14 vs in Ezekiel 10)
- "Michael" 5 vs (Dan 10:13,21; 12:1 [a "prince"]; Jude 9 ["the archangel M"],
Rev 12:7; 10 times as man's name)
- "Gabriel" 4 vs: Dan 8:16, 9:21; Luke 1:19, 2:26. (Also Tobit 1:14; not named but described in
Dan 10:4f. Muslims believe Gabriel dictated the Koran to Muhammed.)
- “Raphael" not in the Bible but 20 times in Tobit (“one of the seven who stand before the Lord”)
- "Uriel" not in the Bible but 3 times in 2 Esdras; in the Bible 4 times as a city's name
- "Jeremiel" not in the Bible but once in 2 Esdras 4:36, "and the archangel Jeremiel answered..."
- "Ariel" not an angel's name in the Bible, but 3 times as a man's name, and 4 times in Isaiah 29
as a city's name
- "Lucifer" not in RSV or NRSV ("O Day Star"), but in KJ, Isaiah 14:12
- "Michael," "Uriel," and "Ariel" are also in the Bible as names of human beings
- "Satan" is mentioned often in the Bible, but never identified as a former or fallen angel.
- "Fallen angels" in Jude 6: angels "who did not keep their own positions, but left their proper
dwelling...kept in eternal chains in deepest darkness..."
Totals (times/verses): Angel 202/194
[including Angel of the Lord 66/63]
Angel's 1/1 (Acts 12:9)
Angels 92/89
Archangel 1/1
Archangel's 1/1
Cherub 27/20
Cherubim 67/57
Seraph 1/1
Seraphs 2/2
Gabriel 4/4
Michael 5/5
Total of all angels: 403 times in 375 verses
(Compiled by Michael Rogness, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN,
October 2001)