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Gabriel in the Bible.

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. The King James Version names Gabriel in 4 verses, from Daniel 8:16 to Luke 1:26.

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Who Gabriel was.

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).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Gabriel’s story.

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All 4 verses that name Gabriel.

Daniel 2

  • Daniel 8:16And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
  • Daniel 9:21Yea, 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.

Luke 2

  • Luke 1:19And 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 shew thee these glad tidings.
  • Luke 1:26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

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Who was Gabriel in the Bible?

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. The King James Version names Gabriel in 4 verses, from Daniel 8:16 to Luke 1:26.

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