Gabriel
The angel Gabriel foretold the birth of John to Zechariah while he was performing his functions as a priest in the temple of Jerusalem.
↻ synthesized from 17 sources
When
- First attested
- 1800 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in the Book of Daniel.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Seraphim, cherubim, Mal’akh Yahweh, bnē Elohim, Libbiel, Angel of Love, Angel of Justice, Angel of Truth, Angel of Peace, Zavdiel, Achziel, Nuriel, unnamed angel, Beelzebub, Asmodaeus, Elijah, prince of Persia, Phanuel, Sabrael, Usiel, Raguel, Remiel, Saraqâêl, Azazel, Samyaza, Suryal, Grigori, nephilim, Landvættir, Vættir, landdísir, guardian angel, Fylgja, Hamingja, Abaddon, Azrael, Santa Muerte, Yama, Psychopomp, Shinigami, Mot, Sejadin, Nasirdîn, Destroying angel, Michael, Raphael, Angel of the Lord, mal'akh Elohim, Angel of the Presence, Samiri, Almighty, Magi, Father, Satan, John the Baptist, Jesus, Christ, Joseph, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit
- syncretized with
- patron saint, Vahagn
- allied with
- Michael, Raphael, Watchtower, Uriel, Israfil, Azrael, Mary, Joel, Gabuthelon, Beburos, Zebuleon, Aker, Arphugitonos
Mentioned by
Sources
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Source passages
“According to this account, the birth of John was foretold by the angel Gabriel to Zechariah while he was performing his functions as a priest in the temple of Jerusalem.”
#1181 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the birth of John was foretold by the angel Gabriel to Zechariah while he was performing his functions as a priest in the temple of Jerusalem”
#1716 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Book of Enoch lists Michael as one of seven archangels (the remaining names are Uriel, Raguel, Raphael, Sariel, Gabriel, and Remiel), who in the Book of Tobit "stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord".”
#1952 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Gabriel is more frequently referenced in early Christian pseudepigraphic texts than in any of the canonical Biblical texts. For example, Gabriel is mentioned in some of the infancy gospels (e.g., Chapter 7 of the Nativity Gospel of Mary, Chapter 9 of the Protevangelium of James, and Chapter 1 of the First Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ).”
#1996 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The New Testament names only two archangels, Michael and Gabriel (Luke 1:9–26; Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:7), but Raphael, because of his association with healing, became identified with the unnamed angel of John 5:1–4 who periodically stirred the pool of Bethesda”
#2086 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001