Archangel, Or Chief Of The Angels The Jews, After The Exile, Distinguished Several Orders Of Angels; Some Reckoned Four Angels (according To The Four Sides Of God's Throne) Of The Highest Rank; But The Majority Reckoned Seven (after The Pattern Of The Seven Amshaspands, The Highest Spirits Of The Religion Of Zoroaster) in Greek Bible ἀρχάγγελος