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Ariel

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

The lion of God.

2

One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites for the sanctuary (Ezra 8:16).

3

A symbolic name for Jerusalem (Isa 29:1, 2, 7) as “victorious under God,” and in Ezek 43:15, 16, for the altar (marg., Heb. ‘ariel) of burnt offerings, the secret of Israel’s lion-like strength.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a'-ri-el ('ariy'el or 'ari'el, "lioness of God"): But the word occurs in Ezek 43:15; Ezek 43:16, and is there translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "Altar Hearth."

(1) According to the Revised Version (British and American) a man of Moab whose two sons were slain by David's warrior Benaiah the son of Jehoiada (2 Sam 23:20; 1 Chr 11:22). Here the King James Version translates "two lionlike men of Moab."

(2) A name applied to Jerusalem (Isa 29:1; Isa 29:2; Isa 29:7). The many explanations of the name are interesting, but mainly conjectural.

(3) One of the members of the delegation sent by Ezra to the place Casiphia, to secure temple ministers for his expedition to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:16).

Willis J. Beecher

See also

Person Ariel Place Ariel

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