Biblical meaning of the name Raphael

Meaning

“God has healed”

From the Hebrew Refa’el (רְפָאֵל): rafa (to heal) and El (God). Raphael is the form the name took in Greek and Latin.

In the original:רְפָאֵל Rᵉphâʼêl · Strong H7501

Who was Raphael in the Bible?

In Protestant Bibles the name appears once: Rephael is one of the sons of Shemaiah, Levite gatekeepers of the temple, in 1 Chronicles 26:7. The angel Raphael many people link to the name appears in the book of Tobit, which is in Catholic Bibles but not in Protestant ones.

Where the name appears

1 Chronicles 26:7

The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

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