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Raphael

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See also: Raphaël

English

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Etymology

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Latin Raphael. From Koine Greek Ῥᾱφᾱήλ (Rhāphāḗl), from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl, literally God cures/has healed).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹæf.eɪˌɛl/, /ˈɹæf.eɪ.əl/, /ˈɹæf.ɪ.əl/, /ˌɹæf.aɪˈɛl/, /ˌɹɑː-/, /ˈɹɑː-/
  • (chiefly US) IPA(key): /ˌɹɑ.faɪˈɛl/, /ˌɹæf.aɪˈɛl/, /ˈɹæf.i.əl/, /ˈɹɑ.fi.əl/, /-eɪ-/
  • (certain Carolina accents) IPA(key): /ˈɹæf.ɛəl/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Proper noun

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Raphael (countable and uncountable, plural Raphaels)

  1. An archangel in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
  2. (countable) A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. (art) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, an Italian Renaissance painter (1483–1520).

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German

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Etymology

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From Latin Raphael, from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʁafaˌɛl/, /ˈʁafaˌeːl/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Raphael m (proper noun, strong, genitive Raphaels or Raphael)

  1. Raphael (biblical character)
  2. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, feminine equivalent Rafaela, Raffaela, Raphaela, or Raphaella; variant form Rafael

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Koine Greek Ῥᾱφᾱήλ (Rhāphāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

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Proper noun

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Rāphāēl m sg (genitive Rāphāēlis); third declension

  1. Raphael (biblical character)
    • 1596, Missale iuxta ritum fratrum ordinis Praedicatorum [] , votive Mass of Saint Raphael:
      In honorem Sancti Raphaelis psallat militans Ecclesia, qui virtute Dei Patris, ligauit daemona, et Tobiae visum reddidit, quo priuatus fuerat.
      Let the church militant sing to the honour of Saint Raphael, who bound demons by the power of God the Father, and gave Tobias back his sight, of which he had been deprived.
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Raphael

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Rāphāēl
genitive Rāphāēlis
dative Rāphāēlī
accusative Rāphāēlem
ablative Rāphāēle
vocative Rāphāēl