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Gabriel

An angel named in the Bible.

Champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the seventy weeks (Dan. 9:21-27). He announced also the birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:11), and of the Messiah (26).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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4 verses

Places

Places named in the same verses as Gabriel, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. location not graded: Galilee1
  2. likely location: Nazareth1
  3. location not graded: Ulai1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 689 BC to AD 100, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

4 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Daniel2
  2. Luke2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBGabriel 4
KJVGabriel 4
ASVGabriel 4

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 4 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Daniel2 verses
  1. 8:16

    And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”

  2. 9:21

    while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Luke2 verses
  1. 1:19

    “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

  2. 1:26

    In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the seventy weeks (Dan. 9:21-27).

He announced also the birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:11), and of the Messiah (26). He describes himself in the words, “I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God” (1:19).