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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

gab'-a-el (Gabael; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) "Gabelus"):

(1) An ancestor of Tobit ( /APC Tobit 1:1).

(2) A poor Jew of Rages, a city of Media, to whom Tobit lent ten talents of silver ( /APC TOBIT 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 (/APC TOBIT 1:14; 4:1,20; 5:6; 6:9; 10:2).