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( Ãáâáήë v.r. Ãáìáήë ; Vulg. Gabelus), the name of two persons in the Apocrypha.
1. An ancestor of Tobit (Tob_1:1). 2. A poor Jew (Tob_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 (Tob_1:14; Tob_4:1; Tob_4:20; Tob_5:6; Tob_5:9; Tob_10:2). — Smith, s.v. SEE GABRIAS.