Definition

Gabriel, an archangel

Etymology

from H1397 (גֶּבֶר) and H410 (אֵל); man of God;

Where the KJV renders it

• Garbriel

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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