Bible Encyclopedias
Gabael

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

　　gab´ā̇ -el ( Γαβαήλ , Gabaḗl ; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible , 390-405 ad) "Gabelus "):

　　(1) An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1).

　　(2) A poor Jew of Rages, a city of Media, to whom Tobit lent ten talents of silver (1:14). The money was restored to Tobit in the time of his distress through his son Tobias, whom the angel Raphael led to Gabael at Rages (1:14; 4:1, 20; 5:6; 6:9; 10:2).

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