Are there female Angels?

Sabertooth said:

Matthew 22:30, at least, constitutes a hint.

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Not really. Catholic priests and nuns do not marry, but are far from “genderless.”

And there are anecdotes about [fallen] angels having relations with humans. Those are NOT “the angels of God in heaven.” But they are of the same original stock as those angels.

But then again, perhaps they are genderless. We just plain do not know. In fact, there are a great many secondary issues in scripture that seem to have been left intentionally vague.

Sabertooth said:

This means that they are genderless and should lack primary and secondary sexual characteristics. Such would appear to be more male in their natural state.

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I don't know if you've ever seen a man, but having no male hormones or male characteristics, then they are going to look more female in their natural state. All men start as female in the womb. They are not going to be confused with "real" men anyway. Hormones provide larger muscles, facial hair, interest in football, beer, cars, and more.

This would go along with scripture interactions with angels.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+19&version=TLB


Why are there females with wings like angels in our culture? Scripture. You can just call them "Flying women" and not angels if you wish.

Zechariah 5
9 Then I looked up--and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

MariaJLM said:

This is a peculiar question to me since pop culture traditionally depicts angels as young, beautiful, and clearly female.

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They are very effeminate looking males in most historical art depcing these angels.

Otherwise, I also think there are female divine beings out there.

ewq1938 said:

How educated are you in the Greek and Hebrew Grammars?

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Not a lot. I never went that far in learning the Biblical languages.

If you believe that in the Biblical languages there is gender neuter when referring to a single living being, I would have to double check my memory with a credible external source.

SkyWriting said:

Hormones provide larger muscles, facial hair, interest in football, beer, and more.

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My hormones must be lazy. I don't have larger muscles or any interest in football or beer.

I don't believe there are female angels nor child angels.

Paul. said:

My hormones must be lazy. I don't have larger muscles or any interest in football or beer.

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Stay out of prison then. The meek get taken advantage of in ways that are very sad.

Small Fish said:

I don't believe there are female angels nor child angels.

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We can just call them flying women then.
A different version the Wizard of Oz Monkeys.
Zechariah 5

SkyWriting said:

Zechariah 5
9 Then I looked up--and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

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That verse seems to be more conclusive than my theory.

Angels aren't human. Angels were created in heaven and stayed there. Humans were created in the image of God and redeemed by Christ. As God's children we have a higher position than even the angels. Paul wrote in the letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians) that the saints will judge even the angels. We know that the Greek word for “judge,” krino, also means “to rule or govern.” This strongly implies that we will have authority over the holy angels, for they have no sin for which to be “judged” in the sense of “condemned.” Most likely, the meaning of this passage is that believers in heaven will take part in the judgment of the fallen angels and exercise some authority over the holy angels.

What am Ieading up to? Angels are different beings and thus a direct comparison may not be fully justified. What applies to an angel may not apply to a human and vice versa. The be blunt, we simply do not know and we lack the relevant information for judge this.

Sabertooth said:

That verse seems to be more conclusive than my theory.

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Scripture does not say these women with wings are angels.
But it explains why we see creepy women with wings at
Marshal Fields during Christmas season.

SkyWriting said:

Scripture does not say these women with wings are angels.

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They seem to be playing for Team YHVH, though.

From https://www.gotquestions.org/angels-male-female.html

The problem is that the “women” in this prophetic vision are not called angels. They are called nashiym (“women”), as is the woman in the basket representing wickedness in verses 7 and 8. By contrast, the angel that Zechariah was speaking to is called a malak, a completely different word meaning “angel” or “messenger.” The fact that the women have wings in Zechariah’s vision might suggest angels to our minds, but we must be careful about going beyond what the text actually says. A vision does not necessarily depict actual beings or objects—consider the huge flying scroll Zechariah sees earlier in the same chapter

I cannot say this viewpoint as well or better.

SkyWriting said:

All men start as female in the womb.

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Reference please?

Cement said:

So If one reads the Bible they may naturally get the idea that God only has male Angelic beings at his side because all of the said heavenly host thus far are described in masculine. Since all of visible Creation is split does it signify that there are Angels in heaven who are of the feminine half?

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Angels are neither male nor female (biological sex), but are masculine. Whether they have a feminine side (psychological gender) we do not know, though God is the source of both genders and has no sex (ie is neither male nor female). Paul's team had a feminine side too (1 Ths.2:7), as well as a masculine (v11). Remember that good line in That Hideous Strength where the Pendragon says to Jane that she can escape sex because it only exists on the biological level but can't escape the masculine?

ewq1938 said:

Genderless? Why are all angels in the bible described as males? Why does Gabriel's name mean "MAN of God"

H1403
גּבריאל
gabrı̂y'êl
gab-ree-ale'
From H1397 and H410; man of God; Gabriel, an archangel: - Gabriel.
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The answer may be that, although angels are genderless, when they were sent to earth they had to assume some shape, speak human languages, etc. in order to function as the messengers to mortals that they were sent to be.

Cement said:

So If one reads the Bible they may naturally get the idea that God only has male Angelic beings at his side because all of the said heavenly host thus far are described in masculine. Since all of visible Creation is split does it signify that there are Angels in heaven who are of the feminine half?

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Only male angels , they should not reproduce .

Woman is the glory of man and was created for man. She is not the representation of God's glory directly but rather glorifies God by helping man image God in her relationship with the man (representing the bride of Christ) 1 Corinthians 11:7-9. The same pride that makes women resent this is no different than the pride of a man who in his order can't accept he was created for the glory of God and not autonomy and his "glorious" ambitions.

Also, the only mention of an angelic-like being with a feminine appearance in the Scriptures is when God showed Zechariah two women with the wings of an unclean bird carrying another woman of whom God said: "This is wickedness." (Zechariah 5:7-9)

Many of this thread's responses seem to equate angelhood with wings. Only two types were described as having wings: cherubim & seraphim. Most were described without wings, even having to use the "stairs" to move between Heaven and Earth.

There is a lot of this kind of info in Billy Graham's Angels: God's Secret Agents.

Gender debates about angels are meaningless.