Raphael

From Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl, literally “God cures/has healed”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæf.eɪˌɛl/, /ˈɹæf.eɪ.əl/, /ˈɹæf.ɪ.əl/
• (chiefly US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɑː.faɪˈɛl/, /ˌɹæf.aɪˈɛl/, /ˈɹæf.i.əl/
• (certain Carolina accents) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæf.ɛəl/

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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, 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. (art) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, an Italian Renaissance painter (1483–1520).

• phalera

From Latin Raphael, from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁafaˌɛl/, /ˈʁafaˌeːl/

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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

• Rhaphaēl, Raphaël

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

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

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

Third-declension noun, singular only.