What does the prefix "arch"

Jun 7, 2025, 4:53 AM

mean? Is it the idea of ONE singular supreme individual or is it many?

arch-
/ärCH/
combining form
prefix: arch-
chief; principal.
"archbishop"
Similar:
chief
principal
foremost
leading
main
preeminent
cardinal
major
prime
premier
elite
star
outstanding
ultra-
super-
top
highest
greatest
best
first
head
out-and-out
complete
utter
total
number-one
numero uno
Opposite:
minor
pseudo-
(in an unfavorable sense) preeminent of its kind; out-and-out.
"archenemy"

So if Michael is "arch" angel (Jude 1:9) BUT Christ was/is the Angel of the Lord/Angel of God in the OT, then how can they be separate beings if Christ has preeminence over all things? You can't have an "arch" (#1 guy/head honcho) Angel but then have a separate Angel of God Who is over all things. Otherwise the "arch" would be missplaced. And contrary to popular church culture myth, the King James Bible never says that there are many archangels. It only uses the word 2 times; once in relation to Michael & once in relation to the voice Christ has at His return.
Daniel 3:25
King James Version
25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the SON OF GOD.

Daniel 3:28
King James Version
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent HIS ANGEL, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Daniel 6:22
King James Version
22 My God hath sent HIS ANGEL, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Judges 13:18
King James Version
18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

Revelation 19:12
King James Version
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

Exodus 23:20-21
King James Version
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for MY NAME IS IN HIM.

John 5:43
King James Version
43 I am come IN MY FATHER'S NAME, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

John 10:25
King James Version
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do IN MY FATHER'S NAME, they bear witness of me.

1 Kings 19:7
King James Version
7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and EAT; because the journey is too great for thee.

Revelation 2:17
King James Version
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to EAT of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

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