Yes, though where depends on the Bible. The archangel Raphael is a main character in the Book of Tobit, which Catholic and Orthodox Bibles include and most Protestant Bibles omit or print as Apocrypha. Every Bible, Protestant ones included, names a Levite called Rephael, the same Hebrew name, in 1 Chronicles 26:7. The name means “God heals.” What does Raphael mean? Raphael is the Hebrew Refa’el, from rafa, “to heal,” and el, “God,” so it means “God heals” or “God…

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