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Gabriel

//ˈɡeɪ.bɹi.əl// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew].

    "Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality."

  2. 2
    A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew].; An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.

    "Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation."

  3. 3
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
Noun
  1. 1
    (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God wordnet

Etymology

Etymology tree Hebrew גבריאלbor. Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl)bor. Latin Gabrielder. English Gabriel From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.

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