ANGEL
What does "ANGEL" mean?
A spiritual being believed to act as a messenger or servant of God.
Meanings
- A heavenly messenger or attendant of God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic belief, often depicted with wings. In the painting an angel descends with a single lily.
- A person of exceptional kindness, beauty, or virtue. You're an angel for staying up to help me finish. informal
- A private investor who funds a startup or theatrical production in its early stage. An angel put up the seed money before any bank would listen.
Did you know?
- An 'angel' is, at root, just a 'messenger': the Greek 'angelos' meant any messenger, and the same root sits inside 'evangelist' - literally a bringer of good (eu-) news (angel).
Word origin
From Greek 'angelos' (messenger), used in the Greek Bible to translate Hebrew 'mal'ak' (messenger); it passed through Latin 'angelus' and Old English 'engel' to modern 'angel'.
Remember it
ANGEL = ANGE + L, and it hides ANGLE rearranged - an angel folds its wings at a holy angle.
A little poem
No trumpet, no wings-
the stranger who returns your
dropped glove is enough.
haiku
Wordplay
- An angel and a geometry teacher walked in - one came down at a perfect angle, the other was the angel; only one letter told them apart.
What it teaches
Most angels carry no wings, only a message you needed and the kindness to deliver it.
Quick facts
What does ANGEL mean?
A spiritual being believed to act as a messenger or servant of God.
Is ANGEL a valid word?
Yes — ANGEL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ANGEL?
ANGEL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ANGEL come from?
From Greek 'angelos' (messenger), used in the Greek Bible to translate Hebrew 'mal'ak' (messenger); it passed through Latin 'angelus' and Old English 'engel' to modern 'angel'.
What can ANGEL teach us?
Most angels carry no wings, only a message you needed and the kindness to deliver it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.