2006-10-16 04:46:36 · 8 answers · asked by amkrishna1957 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Why do you assume that angel is the feminine form? It's neutral.
2006-10-16 05:49:42 · answer #1 · answered by Earthling 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Assuming a Biblical answer for a Biblical term....there is never a female angel named.
The only angels ever named were Michal (Jude 9, Rev. 12:7 and debatably in Daniel 12:1), and Gabriel (Daniel 8, 9; Luke chapter 1.)
Both of these names in the original BIble languages were masculine in form and grammar.
FWIW: there is never a mention of an angel having wings either. Cherubim and Seraphim had wings, but these apparently were different beings.
2006-10-16 12:02:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
angel is the term for both genders
2006-10-17 15:22:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are using imperfect speech; the words ascribed to angels are based on our experience of them and not on their reality. Angels are genderless, but they do appear to us with gender. The gender ascribed in speech (he, him, she, her) would be based on how they are seen to us. It's really not a good idea to use a neutral term (it) because this implies a soulless being.
2006-10-17 23:16:47 · answer #4 · answered by LadyPom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angels have no gender. They are not human.
2006-10-16 11:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by outlaw_tattoo_biker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Latin word (angelus) is masculine in gender. It is also masculine in Greek (angelos).
2006-10-17 09:29:27 · answer #6 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It the same for masculine or feminine. Just as it is for, say, chair or tree or pencil.
-MM
2006-10-16 19:09:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
???? I'm confused....angels don't have a gender. They are neither male nor female.
2006-10-16 11:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by Christabelle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋