Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gabriel"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Gabriel
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Gabriel
n : (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God [syn: {Gabriel}]
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