thiên sứ

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See also: thiền sư, and thiện sự

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 天使, composed of (heaven) and 使 (messenger).

Pronunciation

Noun

thiên sứ

  1. (religion) Synonym of thiên thần (angel)
    • 1925, “Sáng-thế ký”, in Kinh Thánh:
      Nhưng thiên sứ của Đức Giê-hô-va thấy nàng ở trong đồng vắng gần bên suối nước, nơi mé đường đi về Su-rơ, thì hỏi rằng: Hỡi A-ga, đòi của Sa-rai, ngươi ở đâu đến, và sẽ đi đâu?
      But Jehovah's angel saw her in a forsaken field near a spring beside the road to Shur and asked, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?"