Difference between revisions of "Ariel"

<p> ("lion of God".) </p> <p> '''1.''' A brave "chief," who directed under Ezra (&nbsp;Ezra 8:16) the caravan from [[Babylon]] to Jerusalem. [[Areli]] is akin (&nbsp;Numbers 26:17). In &nbsp;2 Samuel 23:20 Winer translates for "two like-like men" two (sons) of Ariel; but [[Gesenius]] supports the KJV. </p> <p> '''2.''' A symbolic name for [[Jerusalem]] (&nbsp;Isaiah 29:1-2), the lion of God, rendered by God invincible. For "the lion of the tribe of Judah" is on her side (&nbsp;Revelation 5:5). "It shall be unto Me as Ariel"; it shall emerge from its dangers invincible, Sennacherib's invasion shall recoil on himself. In &nbsp;Ezekiel 43:15 "the altar"; the secret of Israel's lion-like strength, her having God at peace with her through the atoning sacrifice there. Menochius guesses that the lieu (aril ) was carved on it; but as the word in [[Hebrew]] of &nbsp;Ezekiel 43:15 (arieil ) is somewhat different from that in Isaiah, perhaps in Ezekiel it menus, from an Arabic root, "the hearth of God." Ganneau has deciphered on the [[Moabite]] stone that the [[Ariel]] of David is mentioned as taken by Mesha, the Moabite king, at Ataroth, and dragged before the face of [[Chemosh]] at Kerioth. The Ariel here must mean a lion carved altar of God. </p>

<li> A symbolic name for Jerusalem (&nbsp;Isaiah 29:1,2,7 ) as "victorious under God," and in &nbsp;Ezekiel 43:15,16 , for the altar (marg., Heb. 'ariel) of burnt offerings, the secret of Israel's lion-like strength. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Ariel'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/ariel.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> <strong> ARIEL </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . One of Ezra’s chief men (&nbsp; Ezra 8:16 ). <strong> 2 </strong> . The name of a Moabite (according to RV [Note: Revised Version.] of &nbsp; 2 Samuel 23:20 , &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 11:22 ) whose two sons were slain by Benaiah. <strong> 3 </strong> . A name of uncertain meaning, perhaps = ‘God’s altar-hearth,’ given to Jerusalem by Isaiah (&nbsp; Isaiah 29:1 ff.). It has recently been proposed to read <em> Uri-el </em> (‘city of God’) as a paronomasia or play of words on <em> Uru-salim </em> , the earliest recorded form of the name ‘Jerusalem.’ </p> <p> A. R. S. Kennedy. </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. &nbsp;Ezra 8:16. Jerusalem being the chief city of Judah, whose emblem was a lion, &nbsp;Genesis 49:9, the word Ariel is applied to that city. &nbsp;Isaiah 29:1. </p>

<p> (Heb. Ariel', אֲרִיאֵל '','' Sept. Ἀριήλ ), a word meaning ''"Lion Of God,"'' and correctly enough rendered by "lion-like" in &nbsp;2 Samuel 23:20; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 11:22. It was applied as an epithet of distinction to bold and warlike persons, as among the Arabians, who surnamed Ali "The' Lion of God" (Abulf. Ann. 1, 96; Bochart, Hieroz. 1, 716). Others, as Thenius, Winer, Furst, look upon it in these passages as a proper name, and translate "two [sons] of Ariel," supplying the word בְּנֵי, which might easily have fallen out. (See Areli). </p> <p> '''1.''' One of the chief men sent for by Ezra to procure [[Levites]] for' the services of the sanctuary (&nbsp;Ezra 8:16). B.C. 459. </p> <p> '''2.''' The same word is used as a local proper name in &nbsp;Isaiah 29:1-2; &nbsp;Isaiah 29:7, applied to Jerusalem, "as victorious under God," says Dr. Lee; and in &nbsp;Ezekiel 43:15-16, to the altar of burnt-offerings. (See [[Harel]]). </p> <p> In this latter passage Gesenius ''(Thes. Heb.'' p. 147) and others, unsatisfied with the Hebrew, resort to the Arabic, and find the first part of the name in ''Ar-I,'' fire-hearth (cognate with Heb. אוֹר, ''Light,'' i.e. fire), which, with the Heb. El, God, supplies what they consider a more satisfactory signification (but see Havernick, Comment. in loc.). It is thus applied, in the first place, to the altar, and then to Jerusalem as containing the altar. Henderson gives the word this etymology also in the passage in Isaiah (see Comment. in loc.). </p>

<p> '''''ā´ri''''' -'''''el''''' ( אריאל , <i> ''''''ărı̄y'ēl''''' </i> or אראל , <i> ''''''ărı̄'ēl''''' </i> , "lioness of God"): But the word occurs in &nbsp;Ezekiel 43:15 , &nbsp;Ezekiel 43:16 , and is there translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "ALTAR [[Hearth]] ." </p> <p> (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]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 23:20; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 11:22 ). Here the King James Version translates "two lionlike men of Moab." </p> <p> (2) A name applied to Jerusalem (&nbsp;Isaiah 29:1 , &nbsp;Isaiah 29:2 , &nbsp;Isaiah 29:7 ). The many explanations of the name are interesting, but mainly conjectural. </p> <p> (3) One of the members of the delegation sent by Ezra to the place Casiphia, to secure temple ministers for his expedition to Jerusalem (&nbsp;Ezra 8:16 ). </p>