Raphael to come to his aid in human form. With the angel's guidance, Tobit's son Tobias travels to the village of Ecbatana and meets a woman named Sarah. Sarah had similarly prayed for death because she was hau
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As to their outward appearance, it is evident that they bore the human form, and could at times be mistaken for men (Eze 9:2;Ge 18:2,16). There is no hint that they ever appeared in female form. The conception of angels as winged beings, so familiar in Christian art, finds no su...
Not all the angels in the Bible take strange forms. Some biblical angels take on human-like appearances, with the scriptures often describing them as looking similar to men in white robes. These beings act as messengers from God, delivering divine messages to humans. For example, when angels ...
not the angel, entreating Jacob to let him go, as Jarchi and Kimchi, and so some Christian interpreters; who think that an angel in human form may be said to weep, as well as to eat and drink; and the rather, since this angel was not the conqueror, but the conquered; and since ...
Which, as it was perhaps the last place where the people were numbered, it was the last to which the plague came: this angel appeared in an human form, standing "between the earth and the heaven"; in the midst of the heaven, in the air, right over Jerusalem: "having a drawn sword...
An angel is a messenger of God, characterized as having human form with wings and a halo. The word suggests goodness, and is often used to refer to someone who offers comfort and aid to others in times of trouble. As a child, you looked like an innocent angel; appearances can be ...
Thus the Bible certainly sanctions the idea of certain angels being in charge of special districts (cf. Dan., x, and above), This belief persists in a debased form in the Arab notion of Genii, or Jinns, who haunt particular spots. A reference to it is perhaps to be found in Gen.,...
human flesh. Although holy, angels could sometimes behave foolishly (Job 4:18), and even prove to be untrustworthy (Job 15:15). Probably these qualities led to the "fall" of some angels, including Satan, but the Bible contains no description of that event. When angels appeared in human ...
2. a conventional representation of such a being, in human form, with wings. 3. a messenger, esp. of God. 4. a person having qualities generally attributed to an angel, as beauty, purity, or kindliness. 5. an attendant or guardian spirit. 6. a deceased person whose soul is reg...