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Gabriel
Gabriel,the name of one of the archangels (Dan. 9: 21 and Luke 1: 19, 26). The name means ‘strength of God’ in Hebrew. In Islam he is Jibril, the angel who dictated the Koran to Muhammad. Milton makes him ‘Chief of the angelic guards’ ( Paradise Lost , IV. 550).
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