Angel

Angel reduces to Three, a number tied to communication and expression, fitting a word for messengers whose defining role across scripture is delivering word from elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek "angelos," meaning "messenger," a functional job title rather than a description of appearance — the elaborate winged imagery most people associate with angels today developed later in art history and isn't drawn directly from the word's own etymology. See also Angel Numbers for the separate tradition of repeating-number sightings named after them, a modern usage that has little to do with the word's original biblical sense.