Raphael

Raphael

See also: Raphaël

English

Etymology

From Hebrew רָפָאֵל‎ (Rāfāʾēl) meaning "God cures" or "God has healed".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæ.feɪ.ɛl/, /ˈɹæ.fɪ.əl/
• (chiefly US) IPA^(key): /ɹɑ.fɑɪˈɛl/

• Audio (UK)

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Proper noun

Raphael (countable and uncountable, plural Raphaels)

1. An archangel in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Tobit 12:15:

     I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.

2. (countable) A male given name from Hebrew.
3. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. An Italian Renaissance painter.

Derived terms

• Rafe

 

Translations

Archangel

Arabic: رُفَائِيل‎ m (rufāʾīl) Armenian: Ռափայել (Ṙapʿayel) Catalan: Rafael (ca) m, Rafel (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 拉菲爾／拉菲尔 (Lāfēi'ěr), 拉斐尔 (zh) (Lāfěi'ěr), 拉法艾尔 (Lāfǎyì'ěr) Dutch: Rafaël m Esperanto: Rafaelo Finnish: Rafael (fi) French: Raphaël (fr) m German: Raphael (de) m Greek: Ραφαήλ (el) m (Rafaḯl) Ancient Greek: Ῥαφαήλ (Rhaphaḗl) Hebrew: רָפָאֵל‎ m Italian: Raffaele (it) m Japanese: ラファエル (Rafaeru) Korean: 라파엘 (Rapa'el) Latin: Raphael (la) m Lithuanian: Rapolas Macedonian: Рафаил m (Rafail) Marathi: राफाएल m (rāphāel) Polish: Rafał (pl) m Portuguese: Rafael (pt) m Russian: Рафаи́л (ru) m (Rafaíl) Sicilian: Raffeli m Spanish: Rafael (es) m Swedish: Rafael (sv) pers Yiddish: רפֿאל‎ m (Refoyl)

given name

Armenian: Ռաֆայել (Ṙafayel) Catalan: Rafael (ca) m, Rafel (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 拉菲爾／拉菲尔 (Lāfēi'ěr), 拉斐尔 (zh) (Lāfěi'ěr), 拉法艾尔 (Lāfǎyì'ěr) Esperanto: Rafaelo Finnish: Rafael (fi) French: Raphaël (fr) m Galician: Rafael (gl) m German: Raphael (de) m Italian: Raffaele (it) m, Raffaello (it) m Japanese: ラファエル (Rafaeru) Latin: Raphael (la) m Lithuanian: Rapolas Macedonian: Рафаил m (Rafail) Occitan: Rafeu m, Rafaèl m Persian: رافائل‎ (râfâ'el) Piedmontese: Rafael Polish: Rafał (pl) m Portuguese: Rafael (pt) m Russian: Рафаи́л (ru) m (Rafaíl) Sicilian: Raffeli m Spanish: Rafael (es) m Swedish: Rafael (sv) pers Yiddish: רפֿאל‎ m (Refoyl)

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German

Etymology

From Latin Raphael, from Hebrew רָפָאֵל‎ (Rāfāʾēl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁafaˌɛl/, /ˈʁafaˌeːl/

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Rhaphaēl, Raphaël

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /raˈfa.el/, [räˈfäːel]

Proper noun

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

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rāphāēl
Genitive	Rāphāēlis
Dative	Rāphāēlī
Accusative	Rāphāēlem
Ablative	Rāphāēle
Vocative	Rāphāēl