Γαβριήλ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾēl).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.briː.ɛ̌ːl/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.briˈe̝l/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.βriˈil/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.vriˈil/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.vriˈil/

Proper noun

Γαβρῑήλ • (Gabrīḗl) m (indeclinable)

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
1. (biblical) Gabriel (archangel)

Descendants

Greek: Γαβριήλ (Gavriíl)
→ Coptic: ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ (gabriēl)
→ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌴𐌻 (gabriēl)
→ Latin: Gabriel (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: Գաբրիէլ (Gabriēl), Գաբրիէղ (Gabriēł)
→ Old Church Slavonic: Гаврїилъ (Gavriilŭ)
- → Albanian: Gavril
- → Belarusian: Гаўрыіл (Hawryil)
- → Bulgarian: Гавраил (Gavrail), Гаврил (Gavril)
- → Macedonian: Гаврил (Gavril)
- → Romanian: Gavril, Gavriil
- → Russian: Гавриил (Gavriil), Гаврил (Gavril)
  - → Karelian: Gaurilka, Gauroi, Gauri, Kaurila, Kauri
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: Gavrilo
  
  Cyrillic script: Гаврило
- → Ukrainian: Гавриїл (Havryjil), Гаврило (Havrylo)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Γαβριήλ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
G1043 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾēl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣa.vriˈil/

Proper noun

Γαβριήλ • (Gavriíl) m

(biblical) Gabriel
a male given name, Gavriil, from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel