Γαβριήλ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾēl).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.briː.ɛ̌ːl/ → /ɣa.βriˈil/ → /ɣa.vriˈil/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.briː.ɛ̌ːl/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.briˈe̝l/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.βriˈil/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.vriˈil/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.vriˈil/

Proper noun

Γαβρῑήλ • (Gabrīḗl) m (indeclinable)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
   1. (biblical) Gabriel (archangel)

Descendants

• Greek: Γαβριήλ (Gavriíl)
• → Coptic: ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ (gabriēl)
• → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌴𐌻 (gabriēl)
• → Latin: Gabriel (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: Գաբրիէլ (Gabriēl), Գաբրիէղ (Gabriēł)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Гаврїилъ (Gavriilŭ)
  • → Albanian: Gavril
  • → Belarusian: Гаўрыіл (Hawryil)
  • → Bulgarian: Гавраил (Gavrail), Гаврил (Gavril)
  • → Macedonian: Гаврил (Gavril)
  • → Romanian: Gavril, Gavriil
  • → Russian: Гавриил (Gavriil), Гаврил (Gavril)
    • → Karelian: Gaurilka, Gauroi, Gauri, Kaurila, Kauri
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: Gavrilo

    Cyrillic script: Гаврило

  • → Ukrainian: Гавриїл (Havryjil), Гаврило (Havrylo)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Γαβριήλ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• G1043 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾēl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣa.vriˈil/

Proper noun

Γαβριήλ • (Gavriíl) m

1. (biblical) Gabriel
2. a male given name, Gavriil, from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel