supernatural
Gabriel
גַּבְרִיאֵלΓαβριήλ
Gabriel is an angel who appears in the Bible to deliver important messages from God, such as interpreting visions for Daniel (Dan.8.16; 9:21) and announcing the births of John the Baptist and Jesus (Luke 1:19, 26).
- verses
- 4
- first named
- Daniel 8:16
- last named
- Luke 1:30
Description
Gabriel in the text
Gabriel is one of the two named angels in the Bible, along with Michael. He appears in both the Old and New Testaments as a messenger of God, delivering important revelations and announcements.
In the Book of Daniel, Gabriel is sent to interpret visions for the prophet. In Dan.8.16, Gabriel is instructed to explain the vision of the ram and the goat to Daniel. Later, in Dan.9.21, Gabriel appears again to Daniel, providing insight into the prophecy of the seventy weeks, which concerns the coming of the Messiah and the fate of Jerusalem.
In the New Testament, Gabriel plays a significant role in the events surrounding the births of John the Baptist and Jesus. In Luke 1:19, Gabriel appears to Zechariah, a priest, announcing that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a son named John, who will be filled with the Holy Spirit and prepare the way for the Lord. Later, in Luke 1:26-38, Gabriel visits Mary, a virgin betrothed to Joseph, revealing that she will conceive and give birth to the Son of God, who will be named Jesus.
Gabriel's appearances in the Bible underscore his role as a messenger of God, entrusted with delivering important revelations and announcements. His presence in both the Old and New Testaments highlights the continuity of God's plan and the significance of the events surrounding the coming of the Messiah.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
Stands in the same events as
- Daniel7 events
- Mary2 events
- Nazareth1 event
- Explanation1 event
- Daniel Vision1 event
- Zechariah1 event
The pattern
Where Gabriel is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
4 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in Daniel (2) and Luke (2).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 2 books.
Onward
Where this page goes
Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
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