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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71561" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71561" /> == | ||
<p> '''A'riel.''' ''(lion of God).'' </p> <p> 1. One of the "chief men" who, under Ezra, directed the caravan which he led back from Babylon to Jerusalem. Ezra 8:16. [[(B.C.]] 459). The word occurs also in reference to two [[Moabites]] slain by Benaiah. 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22. </p> <p> Many regard the word as an epithet, ''"lion-like";'' but it seems better to look upon it as a proper name, and translate "two sons of Ariel." </p> <p> 2. [[A]] designation, given by Isaiah, to the city of Jerusalem. Isaiah 29:1-2; Isaiah 29:7. We must understand by it either ''"lion of God",'' as the chief city, or ''"hearth of God",'' a synonym for the [[Altar]] of [[Burnt]] Offering. </p> <p> On the whole, it seems most probable that, as a name given to Jerusalem, | <p> '''A'riel.''' ''(lion of God).'' </p> <p> 1. One of the "chief men" who, under Ezra, directed the caravan which he led back from Babylon to Jerusalem. Ezra 8:16. [[(B.C.]] 459). The word occurs also in reference to two [[Moabites]] slain by Benaiah. 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22. </p> <p> Many regard the word as an epithet, ''"lion-like";'' but it seems better to look upon it as a proper name, and translate "two sons of Ariel." </p> <p> 2. [[A]] designation, given by Isaiah, to the city of Jerusalem. Isaiah 29:1-2; Isaiah 29:7. We must understand by it either ''"lion of God",'' as the chief city, or ''"hearth of God",'' a synonym for the [[Altar]] of [[Burnt]] Offering. </p> <p> On the whole, it seems most probable that, as a name given to Jerusalem, [[Ariel]] means ''"lion of God",'' whilst the word used by Ezekiel, Ezekiel 43:15-16 means ''"hearth of God".'' </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30199" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30199" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69531" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69531" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Ariel]] (''â'ri-el'' or ''a-rî'el'' ), ''lion of God.'' One of Ezra's chief men who directed the caravan which Ezra led from Babylon to Jerusalem. Ezra 8:16. Jerusalem being the chief city of Judah, whose emblem was a lion, Genesis 49:9, the word Ariel is applied to that city. Isaiah 29:1. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88649" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88649" /> == | ||
