Which angel names appear in the cited Clementine Vulgate passages?

The passages checked here print Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael as personal names. Raphael appears in Tobit 12:15 in this edition.

Does Gabriel's appearance in the Vulgate make it a Latin-origin name?

No. Luke 1 proves that this Latin witness prints Gabriel as a personal name, but a translated or transmitted form does not by itself establish the language in which the name originated.

Is Michael called an archangel in Latin?

Yes. Jude 9 in the cited text uses Michael Archangelus. Daniel 10 and Revelation 12 also name Michael, but their descriptions should be read from those passages rather than copied from Jude.

Does 1 Thessalonians 4:16 name the archangel as Michael?

No. The Latin verse says in voce archangeli, in the voice of an archangel, but it does not supply a personal name in that sentence.

Is Raphael in the Latin Bible?

Raphael appears in Tobit 12:15 in the Clementine Vulgate witness used here. Check whether another Bible edition includes Tobit before applying that answer to it.

Is angelus a personal angel name?

No. Angelus is the Latin common noun for a messenger or angel. A passage needs to provide a separate personal name, as Luke 1 does with Gabriel.

Is angelus Domini another angel name?

No. Angelus Domini means angel of the Lord. In Genesis 16:7 it is a descriptive phrase, not a disclosed personal name.

Which Vulgate edition does this page use?

It uses the BibleGateway VULGATE text. BibleGateway identifies that witness as the Clementine Text Project, derived principally from the 1946 Colunga and Turrado edition.

Which Angel Names Appear in the Latin Vulgate?

Biblical Latin angel names in the cited Clementine Vulgate witness are Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael; the same text uses angelus and archangelus as common nouns and angelus Domini as a descriptive phrase.

This distinction answers two different questions: whether an item is a Latin word and whether it is a personal name printed in a Latin Bible. Mixing the categories turns angelus into a name and turns a Latin spelling into an unsupported origin claim.

BibleGateway's version record identifies the text as the Clementine Text Project and traces it chiefly to the Colunga and Turrado edition published in 1946, so the results on this page apply to that identifiable witness.

Quick Facts

Text checked: Clementine Vulgate witness on BibleGateway
Personal names: Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael
Common nouns: Angelus and archangelus
Raphael locator: Tobit 12:15 in this Vulgate edition
Descriptive phrase: Angelus Domini, angel of the Lord

What counts as a biblical Latin angel name

A personal name identifies a figure in the passage: in this Vulgate witness, Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael meet that test.

A common noun identifies a kind of being or role, so angelus, messenger or angel, and archangelus, archangel, do not become additional personal names.

A phrase such as angelus Domini, angel of the Lord, describes the figure in relation to the Lord. The phrase should stay in the phrase category unless a passage itself supplies a personal name.

Use these categories to read the list: a printed personal name belongs in the name column, while an angel-related noun or phrase keeps its grammatical label.

The exact Vulgate witness used here

BibleGateway identifies its VULGATE text as the Clementine Text Project; the version page traces the online text chiefly to the Clementine edition that Alberto Colunga and Laurentio Turrado edited in 1946 and notes consultation of earlier editions.

That edition note sets a necessary limit. The spellings and locators below describe this cited witness, not every Vulgate manuscript, later critical edition, or the Nova Vulgata.

The same limit applies to the word biblical: Raphael is present here because this edition includes Tobit, so a reader comparing another Bible should first check whether that edition contains the book.

Three checks for each entry

Keep the edition, passage, and kind of expression visible.

Edition
Input
The BibleGateway VULGATE version record
Action
Identify the exact text behind the passage pages
Result
Clementine witness, chiefly the 1946 Colunga and Turrado edition
Passage
Input
A named book, chapter, and verse
Action
Open the Latin text and find the exact expression
Result
A reproducible locator for every listed entry
Category
Input
The expression in its sentence
Action
Classify it as a personal name, common noun, or descriptive phrase
Result
A list that does not turn vocabulary into extra angels

Angelus and archangelus in Jude and 1 Thessalonians

Lewis and Short define angelus as a messenger or angel and note its frequent use in the Vulgate and Christian writers, making it an ordinary masculine noun rather than the personal name Angelus in these passages.

Jude 9 supplies the compact expression Michael Archangelus: Michael is the name and archangelus is the word attached to him. The distinction is visible in the grammar as well as the translation.

First Thessalonians 4:16 uses in voce archangeli, in the voice of an archangel, without naming that archangel. The verse supports the vocabulary entry, but it does not independently identify the speaker as Michael.

For a fuller word history, see what angel means in Latin; this page stays with the forms and people found in the cited biblical passages.

Gabriel in Luke 1

Luke 1:19 has the speaker say Ego sum Gabriel, I am Gabriel. Seven verses later, the same witness says that the angel Gabriel was sent by God.

Both locators print Gabriel, so this guide records that form and requires a separate citation for spellings found in another edition.

The passage proves that Gabriel is a personal name in this Latin text. It does not make the name Latin in origin; that separate language question belongs with the biblical Hebrew source guide.

Michael in Daniel, Jude, and Revelation

Daniel 10:13 calls Michael one of the foremost princes, and verse 21 calls him your prince, establishing both the spelling Michael and Daniel's own description of him.

Jude 9 is the passage in this witness that directly joins the name and title: Michael Archangelus. Revelation 12:7 then refers to Michael and his angels in the conflict with the dragon.

These passages support three bounded claims: Michael is a personal name in the cited Latin text, Jude calls him an archangel, and Revelation associates angels with him. They do not turn every unnamed use of archangelus elsewhere into a reference to Michael.

Raphael in Tobit 12:15

Tobit 12:15 in the cited witness begins Raphael's identification with Ego enim sum Raphael angelus and continues by placing him among seven who stand before the Lord.

That is direct evidence for Raphael as a personal name in this Vulgate edition. It is also why the table gives the book and verse instead of implying that every modern Bible has the same contents.

When comparing editions, check for Tobit before concluding that Raphael is present or absent. A contents difference is an edition question, not evidence that the cited verse says something else.

Angelus Domini in Genesis 16:7

Genesis 16:7 uses angelus Domini, angel of the Lord, when the figure finds Hagar by a spring in the wilderness; angelus is the noun and Domini supplies of the Lord.

The expression identifies a relationship or role in the sentence; it does not reveal an otherwise hidden personal name. Listing Angelus Domini beside Gabriel as though both were names would therefore collapse two different grammatical categories.

The phrase may have later theological interpretations, but those interpretations should be named and sourced separately. The lexical result here remains modest: angelus Domini is a descriptive biblical Latin phrase.

Biblical Latin angel-name table

The table keeps the printed form beside an exact locator and a grammatical category. Three rows are personal names; the other rows are vocabulary or a descriptive phrase.

Names, terms, and phrases in the cited Clementine Vulgate
Latin form	English guide	Exact locator	Category
angelus	angel, messenger	Genesis 16:7; Lewis and Short	common noun
archangelus / archangeli	archangel / of an archangel	Jude 9; 1 Thessalonians 4:16	common noun or title word
Gabriel	Gabriel	Luke 1:19, 26	personal name
Michael	Michael	Daniel 10:13, 21; Jude 9; Revelation 12:7	personal name
Raphael	Raphael	Tobit 12:15	personal name in this edition
angelus Domini	angel of the Lord	Genesis 16:7	descriptive phrase

Capitalization alone is not the classification test because the surrounding sentence shows whether the form identifies a person, names a kind of being, or describes a role.

The table avoids invented spelling variants by recording Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael exactly as the linked witness prints them.

How to use the table for another Latin Bible

For everyday use in notes, artwork, or a name shortlist, record the edition or project, publication date, exact verse, and form on the page before copying the name.

If you are comparing Bibles, check the contents before the wording. Raphael appears in Tobit in this witness, so an edition without that book cannot reproduce the same result.

If you are building a list of names, use the Category column before the English guide. Keep Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael; do not add angelus, archangelus, or angelus Domini as though the passage disclosed three more individuals.

If you are researching origin, treat appearance in the Vulgate as one stage in the name's transmission. Move to the older-language evidence before assigning an origin or meaning.

The Latin meaning study covers the language history that a Vulgate passage list cannot settle. The biblical Greek evidence belongs to a separate textual tradition and should be checked on its own terms.