Ariel

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The lion of God.

(1.) One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites for the sanctuary (Ezr_8:16).

(2.) A symbolic name for Jerusalem (Isa_29:1, Isa_29:2, Isa_29:7) as “victorious under God,” and in Eze_43:15, Eze_43:16, for the altar (marg., Heb. 'ariel) of burnt offerings, the secret of Israel's lion-like strength.

ā´ri-el (אריאל, 'ărīy'ēl or אראל, 'ărī'ēl, “lioness of God”):

But the word occurs in Eze_43:15, Eze_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 (2Sa_23:20; 1Ch_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 (Ezr_8:16).