OXFORD 9000
📚 name • entry_id 5432

Michael

/ˈmaɪkəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
Miguel • Misel • Máicol
A male given name from Hebrew.
He works in the steelworks, the boyfriend, on the factory floor. I'd say that was quite unusual, he's called Michael. Insists on that, he does, not being called Mike or Micky or Mi…
Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
Miguel
An archangel associated with defending the faithful in the tribulation.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.