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• RAPHAEL (Hebrew smm, " God heals ")

RAPHAEL (See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew smm, " See also:

• GOD

God heals ")  , an See also:

• ANGEL

angel who in human disguise and under the name of Azarias (" Yahweh See also:

• HELPS, SIR ARTHUR (1813-1875)

helps ") accompanies Tobias in his adventurous See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey and conquers the demon Asmodaeus (See also:

• BOOK

Book of See also:

• TOBIT, THE BOOK OF

Tobit) . He is said (Tob. xii . 15) to be " one of the seven See also:

• HOLY

holy angels [archangels] which See also:

• PRESENT

present the prayers of the See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints and go in before the See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory of the Holy One." In the Book of See also:

• ENOCH, BOOK OF

Enoch (c. xx.) See also:

• RAPHAEL (Hebrew smm, " God heals ")

Raphael is " the angel of the See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits of men," and it is his business to " heal the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth which the angels have defiled." In later See also:

• MIDRASH

Midrash Raphael appears as the angel commissioned to put down the evil spirits that vexed the sons of See also:

• NOAH (ni, rest; Septuagint, New Testament, Philo, Josephus, Na*, N&i os, Nweos: Vulg. Noe)

Noah with plagues and sicknesses after the See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

Flood, and he it was who taught men the use of simples and furnished materials for the " Book of Noah," the earliest See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on materia medica .