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Gabriel

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(man of God). The announcing angel (Luke 1:11,19,26,38¹¹And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. (Luke 1:11)
¹⁹And 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 show thee these glad tidings. (Luke 1:19)
²⁶And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, (Luke 1:26)
³⁸And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. (Luke 1:38); Dan. 8:16; 9:21¹⁶And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. (Daniel 8:16)
²¹Yea, 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. (Daniel 9:21)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The angel who was sent to Daniel to explain the vision he had seen of the ram and the he-goat, and to reveal to him the prophecy of the Seventy Weeks. Daniel calls him “the man Gabriel,” and one that had “the appearance of a man” (Dan. 8:15¹⁵And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. (Daniel 8:15); Dan. 9:21²¹Yea, 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. (Daniel 9:21)). He was also sent to Mary the mother of Jesus, and to Zacharias the father of John the Baptist, to foretell the birth of their sons. To Zacharias he said, “I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God” (Luke 1:19,26¹⁹And 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 show thee these glad tidings. (Luke 1:19)
²⁶And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, (Luke 1:26)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

1043 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Γαβριήλ

Transliteration:

Gabriel

Phonic:

gab-ree-ale’

Meaning:

of Hebrew origin (1403); Gabriel, an archangel

KJV Usage:

Gabriel

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Man; or, strength of God:―an archangel imparting a sense of the omnipresence of God, Luke 1:19. {Vir; vel, robur Dei}