According to some denominations of Christianity, Lucifer was an archangel, along with Michael and Gabriel, but then fell from Heaven because he didn't like the humans that God created.
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Archangel
//ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪn.d͡ʒəl//
Synonyms for "archangel" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
81 translations across 65 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- aartsengel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔴𐔾𐕒𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕘𐕒𐔺𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼 noun (angel who leads other angels)
Albanian
1 entries- kryengjëll noun (angel who leads other angels)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀρχάγγελος noun (angel who leads other angels)
Armenian
1 entries- հրեշտակապետ noun (angel who leads other angels)
Asturian
1 entries- arcánxel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Avestan
1 entries- 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 noun (angel who leads other angels)
Basque
2 entries- arkanjelu noun (angel who leads other angels)
- goiaingeru noun (angel who leads other angels)
Belarusian
1 entries- архангел noun (angel who leads other angels)
Bulgarian
1 entries- архангел noun (angel who leads other angels)
Catalan
1 entries- arcàngel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 大天使 noun (angel who leads other angels)
- 天使長 /天使长 noun (angel who leads other angels)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 大天使 noun (angel who leads other angels)
- 天使長 /天使长 noun (angel who leads other angels)
Czech
1 entries- archanděl noun (angel who leads other angels)
Danish
2 entries- overengel noun (angel who leads other angels)
- ærkeengel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Dutch
1 entries- aartsengel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Esperanto
3 entries- arkianĝelo noun (angel who leads other angels)
- arĥianĝelo noun (angel who leads other angels)
- ĉefanĝelo noun (angel who leads other angels)
Estonian
1 entries- peaingel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Finnish
2 entries- arkkienkeli noun (angel who leads other angels)
- ylienkeli noun (angel who leads other angels)
French
1 entries- archange noun (angel who leads other angels)
Galician
1 entries- arcanxo noun (angel who leads other angels)
Georgian
1 entries- მთავარანგელოზი noun (angel who leads other angels)
German
1 entries- Erzengel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 noun (angel who leads other angels)
Greek
1 entries- αρχάγγελος noun (angel who leads other angels)
Hebrew
2 entries- רַב־מַלְאָךְ noun (angel who leads other angels)
- שר־מַלְאָכִים noun (angel who leads other angels)
Hungarian
1 entries- arkangyal noun (angel who leads other angels)
Icelandic
1 entries- erkiengill noun (angel who leads other angels)
Ido
1 entries- arkianjelo noun (angel who leads other angels)
Indonesian
1 entries- malaikat agung noun (angel who leads other angels)
Interlingua
1 entries- archangelo noun (angel who leads other angels)
Irish
1 entries- ardaingeal noun (angel who leads other angels)
Italian
1 entries- arcangelo noun (angel who leads other angels)
Japanese
2 entries- 大天使 noun (angel who leads other angels)
- 天使長 noun (angel who leads other angels)
Kazakh
1 entries- бас періште noun (angel who leads other angels)
Korean
1 entries- 대천사 noun (angel who leads other angels)
Latin
1 entries- archangelus noun (angel who leads other angels)
Latvian
2 entries- erceņģelis noun (angel who leads other angels)
- virseņģelis noun (angel who leads other angels)
Lithuanian
1 entries- arkangelas noun (angel who leads other angels)
Macedonian
1 entries- а́рхангел noun (angel who leads other angels)
Manx
1 entries- ard-ainle noun (angel who leads other angels)
Norman
1 entries- archange noun (angel who leads other angels)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- overengel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overengel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Old Czech
1 entries- archanjel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Old English
1 entries- hēahenġel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Persian
2 entries- امشاسپند noun (angel who leads other angels)
- فرشتگان مقرب noun (angel who leads other angels)
Polish
1 entries- archanioł noun (angel who leads other angels)
Portuguese
1 entries- arcanjo noun (angel who leads other angels)
Romanian
1 entries- arhanghel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Russian
1 entries- арха́нгел noun (angel who leads other angels)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- arhanđel noun (angel who leads other angels)
- arhanđeo noun (angel who leads other angels)
- арханђел noun (angel who leads other angels)
- арханђео noun (angel who leads other angels)
Slovak
1 entries- archanjel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Slovene
1 entries- nadangel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Spanish
1 entries- arcángel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Swedish
2 entries- ärkeängel noun (angel who leads other angels)
- överängel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Tagalog
1 entries- arkanghel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Thai
2 entries- หัวหน้าทูตสวรรค์ noun (angel who leads other angels)
- อัครทูตสวรรค์ noun (angel who leads other angels)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- akanggelo noun (angel who leads other angels)
Turkish
1 entries- baş melek noun (angel who leads other angels)
Ukrainian
1 entries- архангел noun (angel who leads other angels)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- arcyjandźel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Welsh
1 entries- archangel noun (angel who leads other angels)
West-Frisian
1 entries- aartsingel noun (angel who leads other angels)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַרכאַנגל noun (angel who leads other angels)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Muslims believe the Qur'an was revealed to Mohammed by the archangel Gabriel.
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The Qur'an was revealed to Mohammed by the archangel Gabriel.
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Gabriel is the archangel who brought down the Quran to Muhammad, peace be upon him.
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