Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(man of God). The announcing angel (Luke 1:11,19,26,38; Dan. 8:16; 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. 8:15; Dan. 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 1:19,26).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Transliteration:
Gabriy’el
Meaning:
from 1397 and 410; man of God; Gabriel, an archangel
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
A man of God; the manifestation of God:―an angel of comfort and sympathy to man, Dan. 8:16. {Vir Dei}