AMENADIEL: MEANING, PRESENCE IN THE BIBLE AND IN LUCIFER - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

Amenadiel is an angel who has appeared in various ancient books such as Theurgia-Goetia and The Book of Enoch. Currently it has become relevant thanks to the fact that it appears in the famous television series Lucifer, which was released on the FOX channel in 2016.

For theologians and scholars, it is an angel considered one of the cherubim of God, who became a demon for having rebelled and being expelled from heaven. What is commonly called 'fallen angel'.

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His identity and origin are uncertain, since little information exists about this angel. From this uncertainty, various theories have emerged about who Amenadiel truly is.

One theory, based on the ancient magical book Steganographia by Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516), holds that Amenadiel is an aerial spirit that was created as a combination between the roles of the archangels Michael and Gabriel, since he is both Chief of the army of God as his messenger. As an aerial spirit, Amenadiel exists between earth and sky.

In addition, based on different medieval texts that describe these spirits, it can be an angel or a spirit of ambiguous nature that can do both good and evil.

Another theory says that he is the same Lucifer due to the fact that his powers and other characteristics are almost the same. In turn, there is another hypothesis that ensures that these similarities are due because he is not Lucifer, but his brother.

Meaning

"Divine Punishment" is the meaning of the name Amenadiel. This is because, as it is intuited, he was responsible for punishing with the loss of the blessing of the Father (God) or with the condemnation to hell to all beings who oppose God.

Amenadiel in the Bible

Despite being named in texts of some ancient books, the character Amenadiel does not appear in the Bible as many believe.

Amenadiel does have a leading role in Renaissance works such as the magical book Theurgia-Goetia, originally based on the book Steganographia by Johannes Trithemius; and in the Book of Enoch expelled from the Old Testament canon.

Amenadiel in

Theurgia Goetia is the second book of The Lesser Key of Solomon. In it, Amenadiel is classified as the Great King of the West, who commands approximately 300 grand dukes, 500 minor dukes, 12 hierarchical dukes, and a loyal court with an extremely large number of lesser spirits.

Being this a book of demonology, it describes to Amenadiel like a demon of the day and of the night that can be summoned at any hour. To conjure it, the best option is through a crystal ball or other reflective object or surface to better observe its true form.

Amenadiel in the

In The Book of Enoch Amenadiel is mentioned as a fallen angel. He was one of those who rebelled against the heavenly father by joining the planned contest to create a new kingdom without God.

After being a valued and recognized celestial figure, he was defeated by the archangel Michael and later sent to hell along with the other angels who were part of that revolt.

Amenadiel in

In the Encyclopedia of Angels the name "Amnediel" appears, possibly being another way of saying Amenadiel. In this book he is described as one of the 28 angels who rule the mansions of the moon. Grant friendship, love and happiness to travelers.

Amenadiel in the series

Lucifer is an urban fantasy television series that premiered on the FOX television channel in 2016. Its main character is based on Lucifer from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, and Lucifer, the story written by Mike Carey, based on the character from The Sandman.

In this series Amenadiel is depicted as Lucifer's brother and one of the fallen angels who comes to earth and transforms into a human being.

After being banished, Lucifer was sent to rule Hell for all eternity and was renamed Satan; but he got tired of ruling that kingdom and decided to flee to Earth, specifically to Hollywood, a neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles (United States).

When this happens, Amenadiel perceives before his eyes an imbalance between good and evil, so he sets out to go find Lucifer and convince him to return to reign in hell.

Lucifer becomes the owner of the Lux bar and begins to collaborate with Detective Decker of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in solving crimes. Meanwhile, Amenadiel watches him closely and various adventures unfold in the series.

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Amenadiel in

Amenadiel has appeared in old books, but also in modern works such as comics from the publisher DC Cómic. Specifically in Lucifer, which is based on the character of The Sandman.

In The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman, Lucifer appears as a supporting character. Then Mike Carey wrote a spin-off series that ran in 75 issues, where Lucifer is the main character and the series is named after him.

In Carey's series, Amenadiel is an angel who represents the violent, vengeful, dictatorial, and totalitarian aspects of the Celestial Kingdom. In addition, she has a great hatred for Lucifer, so she is constantly planning attacks against her.

Amenadiel plans attacks on Lucifer ranging from curses to a challenge to fight him directly in person; and he is willing to sacrifice any number of innocent beings voluntarily or involuntarily just to fulfill his revenge.

Given this, Lucifer plans his counterattacks very well and always manages to defeat Amenadiel. The sacrifice of millions of souls is considered minor collateral damage to Lucifer and Amenadiel.

Neither cares about the loss of innocent victims in their fighting. However, Amenadiel only plans attacks to start a fight with Lucifer, and Lucifer only plans them to fight with others, with whom he considers to corrupt the moral codes.

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