Gabriel

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The origin of the name Gabriel is Hebrew

 

This is how Gabriel is written in Hebrew

גַּבְרִיאֵל = Gabriy’el

 

This is how Gabriel is written in Greek

Γαβριήλ = Gabriēl

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Gabriel is: warrior of God or man of God.

 

Gabriel was an archangel; the angel God used to send messages of great importance to man

 

The name Gabriel appears in the bible in the following verses:

Daniel 8:16
And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

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.

Luke 1:19
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.

Luke 1:26
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,