Ramiel (, ''Raʿamʾēl''; ) is a fallen
Watcher angel. He is mentioned in Chapter 6 of the
apocryphal
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Book of Enoch
The Book of Enoch (also 1 Enoch;
Hebrew language, Hebrew: סֵפֶר חֲנוֹךְ, ''Sēfer Ḥănōḵ''; , ) is an Second Temple Judaism, ancient Jewish Apocalyptic literature, apocalyptic religious text, ascribed by tradition to the Patriar ...
as one of the 20 Watchers that sinned and rebelled against God by mating with human women and creating offspring called
Nephilim
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.
The name Raʿamʾēl means "
God
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has thundered" from the Hebrew elements ''Raʿam'' "thunder" and ''El'', "God".
He is sometimes conflated with the angel Remiel (described below), who is separately named as a holy angel in some versions of Chapter 20 of the Book of Enoch, and who is in turn sometimes conflated with the angel
Jeremiel (''q.v.'').
Watcher
There are 20 watchers in the
Book of Enoch
The Book of Enoch (also 1 Enoch;
Hebrew language, Hebrew: סֵפֶר חֲנוֹךְ, ''Sēfer Ḥănōḵ''; , ) is an Second Temple Judaism, ancient Jewish Apocalyptic literature, apocalyptic religious text, ascribed by tradition to the Patriar ...
, also called 1 Enoch. The section that mentions them reads:
As described in 1 Enoch, these are the leaders of 200
angel
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s that are turned into
fallen Angel
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s due to their taking wives, mating with human women, and teaching forbidden knowledge. One of 20 leaders, Ramiel is mentioned sixth.
Archangel
Remiel, also known as
Jeremiel (
Hebrew: יְרַחְמְאֵל ''Yəraḥmə
ʾēl'',
Tiberian: ''Yăraḥmē̆ʾēl,'' "God shall have mercy";
Greek: Ρεμειήλ) is mentioned in
2 Baruch
2 Baruch is a Jewish apocryphal text thought to have been written in the late 1st century CE or early 2nd century CE, after the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. It is attributed to the biblical figure Baruch ben Neriah (c. 6th century BC) ...
where he ''presides over true visions'' (55:3) and is listed as one of the seven Holy Angels in 1 Enoch 20:8. In this chapter, He is described as "one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise".
Remiel is the archangel of
hope
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As a verb, Merriam-Webster defines ''hope'' as "to expect with confid ...
, and he is credited with two tasks: he is responsible for divine visions, and he guides the souls of the faithful into
Heaven
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. He is called Jeremiel or
Uriel
Uriel , Auriel ( ''ʾŪrīʾēl'', " El/God is my Flame"; ''Oúriḗl''; ''Ouriēl''; ; Geʽez and Amharic: or ) or Oriel ( ''ʾÓrīʾēl'', "El/God is my Light") is the name of one of the archangels who is mentioned in Rabbinic tradition ...
in various translations of
IV Esdras.
See also
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List of angels in theology
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2 Baruch
2 Baruch is a Jewish apocryphal text thought to have been written in the late 1st century CE or early 2nd century CE, after the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. It is attributed to the biblical figure Baruch ben Neriah (c. 6th century BC) ...
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Azazel
In the Hebrew Bible, the name Azazel (; ''ʿĂzāʾzēl'') represents a desolate place where a scapegoat bearing the Jewish views on sin, sins of the Jews was sent during Yom Kippur. During the late Second Temple period (after the Development ...
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Remiel (DC Comics)
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Remiel (Tales of Symphonia)
References
* ''The Book Of Enoch'' (1917) translated by
R. H. Charles, introduction by
W. O. E. Oesterley
* ''The Ethiopic Book Of Enoch'' (1978), Knibb, Michael A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, repr. 1982.
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