Gabael
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
GABAEL. 1. A distant ancestor of Tobit ( Tob 1:1 ). 2. A friend and kinsman of Tobit residing at Rages in Media. To him Tobit, when purveyor to the king of Assyria, once entrusted, as a deposit, 10 talents of silver ( Tob 1:14 ). When blindness and poverty came on Tobit in Nineveh, he recollected, after prayer, the long-forgotten treasure ( Tob 4:1 ), and wished his son Tobias to fetch it ( Tob 4:21 ). Tobias found a guide, Raphael in disguise, who said he had lodged with Gabael ( Tob 5:6 ). When Tobias married Sarah in Ecbatana, he sent Raphael for the deposit ( Tob 9:2 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( Γαβαήλ v.r. Γαμαήλ ; Vulg. Gabelus), the name of two persons in the Apocrypha.
1. An ancestor of Tobit ( Tobit 1:1). 2. A poor Jew ( Tobit 1:17, Vulg.) of "Rages in Media," to whom Tobias lent (Vulg. Sub Chirographo Dedit) ten talents of silver, which Gabael afterwards faithfully restored to Tobias in the time of Tobit's distress ( Tobit 1:14; Tobit 4:1; Tobit 4:20; Tobit 5:6; Tobit 5:9; Tobit 10:2). — Smith, s.v. (See Gabrias).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
gab´ā̇ - el ( Γαβαήλ , Gabaḗl ; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible , 390-405 ad) " Gabelus "):
(1) An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1).
(2) A poor Jew of Rages, a city of Media, to whom Tobit lent ten talents of silver (1:14). The money was restored to Tobit in the time of his distress through his son Tobias, whom the angel Raphael led to Gabael at Rages (1:14; 4:1, 20; 5:6; 6:9; 10:2).
