Raphael

See also: Raphaël

English

Etymology

Latin Raphael. From Koine Greek Ῥᾱφᾱήλ (Rhāphāḗl), from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl, literally “God cures/has healed”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæf.eɪˌɛl/, /ˈɹæf.eɪ.əl/, /ˈɹæf.ɪ.əl/, /ˌɹæf.aɪˈɛl/, /ˌɹɑː-/, /ˈɹɑː-/
• (chiefly US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɑ.faɪˈɛl/, /ˌɹæf.aɪˈɛl/, /ˈɹæf.i.əl/, /ˈɹɑ.fi.əl/, /-eɪ-/
• (certain Carolina accents) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæf.ɛəl/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Raphael (countable and uncountable, plural Raphaels)

1. An archangel in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Tobit 12:15:

     I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.

2. (countable) A male given name from Hebrew.
3. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. (art) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, an Italian Renaissance painter (1483–1520).

Derived terms

• Rafe
• Striped Raphael catfish

Translations

Archangel

• Arabic: رُفَائِيل m (rufāʔīl)
• Armenian: Ռափայել (Ṙapʻayel)
• Catalan: Rafael (ca) m, Rafel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉斐爾 / 拉斐尔 (Lāfěi'ěr), 辣法額爾 / 辣法额尔 (Làfǎ'é'ěr) (Catholicism)

• Dutch: Rafaël m
• Esperanto: Rafaelo
• Finnish: Rafael (fi)
• French: Raphaël (fr) m
• German: Raphael (de) m
• Greek: Ραφαήλ (el) m (Rafaḯl)

  Ancient Greek: Ῥαφαήλ (Rhaphaḗl)

• Hebrew: רָפָאֵל (he) m
• Irish: Raiféal m
• Italian: Raffaele (it) m
• Japanese: ラファエル (Rafaeru)
• Korean: 라파엘 (Rapa'el)
• Latin: Raphael (la) m
• Lithuanian: Rapolas
• Macedonian: Рафаил m (Rafail)
• Marathi: राफाएल m (rāphāel)
• Polish: Rafał (pl) m
• Portuguese: Rafael (pt) m
• Russian: Рафаи́л (ru) m (Rafaíl)
• Sicilian: Raffeli m
• Spanish: Rafael (es) m
• Swedish: Rafael (sv) pers
• Yiddish: רפֿאל m (Refoyl)

given name

• Armenian: Ռաֆայել (Ṙafayel)
• Catalan: Rafael (ca) m, Rafel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉菲爾 / 拉菲尔 (Lāfēi'ěr), 拉斐尔 (zh) (Lāfěi'ěr), 拉法艾尔 (Lāfǎyì'ěr)

• Esperanto: Rafaelo
• Finnish: Rafael (fi)
• French: Raphaël (fr) m
• Galician: Rafael (gl) m
• German: Raphael (de) m
• Irish: Rafael m
• Italian: Raffaele (it) m, Raffaello (it) m
• Japanese: ラファエル (Rafaeru)
• Latin: Raphael (la) m
• Lithuanian: Rapolas
• Macedonian: Рафаил m (Rafail)
• Occitan: Rafeu m, Rafaèl m
• Persian: رافائل (râfâ'el)
• Piedmontese: Rafael
• Polish: Rafał (pl) m
• Portuguese: Rafael (pt) m
• Russian: Рафаи́л (ru) m (Rafaíl)
• Sicilian: Raffeli m
• Spanish: Rafael (es) m
• Swedish: Rafael (sv) pers
• Yiddish: רפֿאל m (Refoyl)

Anagrams

• phalera

German

Etymology

From Latin Raphael, from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁafaˌɛl/, /ˈʁafaˌeːl/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Raphael m (proper noun, strong, genitive Raphaels or Raphael)

1. Raphael (biblical character)
2. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, feminine equivalent Rafaela, Raffaela, Raphaela, or Raphaella; variant form Rafael

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rhaphaēl, Raphaël

Etymology

From Koine Greek Ῥᾱφᾱήλ (Rhāphāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [raˈfaː.el]

Proper noun

Rāphāēl m sg (genitive Rāphāēlis); third declension

1. Raphael (biblical character)
   • 1596, Missale iuxta ritum fratrum ordinis Praedicatorum […] , votive Mass of Saint Raphael:

     In honorem Sancti Raphaelis psallat militans Ecclesia, qui virtute Dei Patris, ligauit daemona, et Tobiae visum reddidit, quo priuatus fuerat.

     Let the church militant sing to the honour of Saint Raphael, who bound demons by the power of God the Father, and gave Tobias back his sight, of which he had been deprived.

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Raphael

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Rāphāēl
genitive	Rāphāēlis
dative	Rāphāēlī
accusative	Rāphāēlem
ablative	Rāphāēle
vocative	Rāphāēl