Gabriel

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[edit] Etymology

From Hebrew גבריאל (Gavrie’l, “man of God”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “man”) and אֵל (el, “God”).

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Gabriel

  1. A male given name.
  2. (biblical) An archangel associated with carrying messages from God
  3. (Islam) An angel associated with the revelation of the Qur'an
  4. A patronymic surname.

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  • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Daniel 9:21:
    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.
  • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Luke 1:26:
    And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
  • 1629 Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), Vol.III, page 212:
    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.
  • 1986 Paul Bailey, Gabriel's Lament, Viking (1987), ISBN 0670816566, page 20:
    "I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. / "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.

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male given name
biblical archangel
angel in Islam
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Gabriel m.

  1. A male given name, cognate to Gabriel.

[edit] Danish

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Gabriel

  1. (biblical) Gabriel.
  2. A male given name.

[edit] Finnish

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Gabriel

  1. A male given name.
  2. (biblical) Gabriel

[edit] Declension

Declension of Gabriel (type risti)
singular plural
nominative Gabriel Gabrielit
genitive Gabrielin Gabrielien
partitive Gabrielia Gabrieleja
accusative Gabriel
Gabrielin		 Gabrielit
inessive Gabrielissa Gabrieleissa
elative Gabrielista Gabrieleista
illative Gabrieliin Gabrieleihin
adessive Gabrielilla Gabrieleilla
ablative Gabrielilta Gabrieleilta
allative Gabrielille Gabrieleille
essive Gabrielina Gabrieleina
translative Gabrieliksi Gabrieleiksi
instructive – Gabrielein
abessive Gabrielitta Gabrieleitta
comitative – Gabrieleineen

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Gabriel

  1. (biblical) Gabriel; also the angel in Islam.
  2. A male given name.

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[edit] German

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Gabriel

  1. (biblical) Gabriel
  2. A male given name

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[edit] Romanization

Gabriēl

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌴𐌻

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Gabriel

  1. (biblical) Gabriel.
  2. A male given name.

[edit] Spanish

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Gabriel (m)

  1. (biblical) Gabriel.
  2. A male given name.

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[edit] Swedish

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Gabriel

  1. (biblical) Gabriel.
  2. A male given name.

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