Uriel

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An archangel in Judaism and Christianity.

    "And vnto these things Uriel the Archangel gaue them answere, and said, Euen when the number of seedes is filled in you: for he hath weighed the world in the ballance."

  2. 2
    A male given name from Hebrew.

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"Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael are the four archangels mentioned in the Talmud."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐριήλ (Ouriḗl), from Hebrew אוּרִיאֵל (“God is my light”).

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