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 (2006–2025)
G1043 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Proper noun

Γαβριήλ • (Gavriíl) m

Gabriel (archangel in the Bible)
a male given name Gabriel