The use of the term angelos increased in the Second Temple period on through the New Testament so that its meaning became more generic, akin to daimonion.3 That is, it can be found on occasion outside the context of delivering a message in descriptions of a group of divine beings (e.g., Luke 15:10). This widening of the term’s semantics is shown in Hebrews 1:4–5; 2:7–9.
