Dict: easton - Gabriel

easton:

Gabriel @ champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the seventy weeks kjv@Daniel:9:21-27). He announced also the birth of John the Baptist kjv@Luke:1:11), and of the Messiah

(26). He describes himself in the words, "I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God" (1:19).