Ariel

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The lion of God.


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

2) 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.

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