Bible Person
Meaning: God is my strength · Male · 4 cross references
Gabriel is the angelic messenger who explains visions to Daniel and announces the births of John the Baptist and Jesus. This entry represents an angelic being rather than a human figure. First appears in Dan 8:16.1
AI summary: Gabriel matters because the cross references present him as one of Scripture's clearest divine messengers at moments of major revelation. He interprets apocalyptic vision, frames the timeline of redemptive expectation, and then appears again in the opening scenes of the Gospel to announce miraculous births. His presence signals that God is disclosing decisive purposes. Taken together, the material presents Gabriel as a chief messenger whose appearances mark key moments of revelation in salvation history.1
Central Figure
Gabriel
Meaning: God is my strength
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.
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). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.