Michael Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל romanized: Mīḵāʾēl lit. 'Who is like El [God]?' Greek: Μιχαήλ romanized: Mikhaḗl Latin: Michahel Arabic: ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل romanized: Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl, Ge'ez: ሚካኤል Also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Michael the Taxiarch in Orthodoxy, and Archangel Michael, is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in 3rd- and 2nd-century BC Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic, where he is the chief of the angels and archangels, and responsible for the care of Israel. Christianity adopted nearly all the Jewish traditions concerning him, and he is mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7-12, where he does battle with Satan, and in the Epistle of Jude, where the author denounces heretics by contrasting them with Michael.
Michael
Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל
romanized: Mīḵāʾēl
lit. 'Who is like El [God]?'
Greek: Μιχαήλ
romanized: Mikhaḗl
Latin: Michahel
Arabic: ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل
romanized: Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl,
Ge'ez: ሚካኤል
Also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Michael the Taxiarch in Orthodoxy, and Archangel Michael, is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in 3rd- and 2nd-century BC Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic, where he is the chief of the angels and archangels, and responsible for the care of Israel.
Christianity adopted nearly all the Jewish traditions concerning him, and he is mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7-12, where he does battle with Satan, and in the Epistle of Jude, where the author denounces heretics by contrasting them with Michael.