Gabriel (Heb., 'man of God') is, in the Jewish angelology, one of the seven archangels (see ANGEL). The Mohammedans hold Gabriel in even greater reverence than the Jews; he is called the spirit of truth, and is believed to have dictated the Koran to Mohammed.
Gabriel
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 48
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