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( îִùְׁçַéú )PM , mashchith', Exo_12:23; — ëïèñåõôήò , 1Co_10:10), an exterminator (see Bromel, De angelo exterminatore, Jen. 1685; also in the Thesaur. Theol. philolog. V. T. 1:301 sq.). SEE DEATH. The Hebrews were accustomed by a figure to speak of any superhuman agency as that of an angel (see Bush, Note on Exo_3:2); and whenever this had a providential aspect it was attributed to a divine messenger (2Ki_19:35; 2Sa_24:15,”16; Psa_78:49; Act_12:23). SEE ANGEL. Even Satan's malignity is represented as thus employed (Job_2:6-7). SEE ABADDON.