How many times is angel mentioned in the Bible?
The word angel appears 201 times in the King James Version, in 192 verses. Counting every form (angel, angels, angel's), it appears 297 times in 283 verses across 34 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses angel 193 times (287 with every form).
Angel in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of angel counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| angel | 201 | 193 |
| angels | 94 | 92 |
| angel's | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 297 | 287 |
Which books mention angel most
Angel appears in 34 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Revelation has the most (76), then Luke (24) and Judges (23).
Also in: 1 Corinthians (4), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (3), Galatians (3), Isaiah (2), Daniel (2), 1 Timothy (2), 1 Peter (2), 2 Peter (2), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Hosea (1), Romans (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Colossians (1), 2 Thessalonians (1), Jude (1).
First and last mention of angel
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
The verse that uses it most is 2 Samuel 24:16, 3 times (tied with 1 Chronicles 21:15):
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
Where the two translations differ
10 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 1 verse matches only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Psalm 68:17: counted in the KJV only
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
Psalm 104:4: counted in the KJV only
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire.
Job 33:23: counted in the World English Bible only
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;
Verses with angel on our topic pages
40 verses that use angel in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
On: Protection, Fear, Angels
But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
On: Angels, Self Control, Revenge
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
On: Joy, Angels, Repentance
For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
On: Protection, Angels
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
On: Angels, Temptation
See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
On: Angels, Resurrection
For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
“Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
On: Angels
Common questions
How many times is angel in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 117 of the 297 uses are in the Old Testament and 180 in the New Testament. Angel appears in 34 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Revelation has the most (76), then Luke (24) and Judges (23).
Where is angel first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 16:7: "And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur." The last is Revelation 22:16.
Read the full collection: Bible Verses About Angels (34 Verses).
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.