Gabriel
Gender: Male
Years: -553 - -5
Dictionary Text: Champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the seventy weeks. He announced also the birth of John the Baptist, and of the Messiah. He describes himself in the words, “I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God”.
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Verses
- Luke 1:26: And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
- 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.