Topic
Ariel
8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezra 8:16Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A messenger from Ezra to Iddo
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
- Isaiah 29:1Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A symbolical name for Jerusalem
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
- Isaiah 29:2Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A symbolical name for Jerusalem
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
- Isaiah 29:7Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A symbolical name for Jerusalem
¶ And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
- Ezekiel 43:15Easton · Smith · ISBE
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
- Ezekiel 43:16Easton · Smith · ISBE
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
- 2 Samuel 23:20Smith · ISBE
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
- 1 Chronicles 11:22Smith · ISBE
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 8 references
- 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) 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."
- A designation given by Isaiah to the city of Jerusalem. (Isaiah 29:1,2,7) 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. 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."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
a'-ri-el ('ariy'el or 'ari'el, "lioness of God"): But the word occurs in Eze 43:15,16, 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 29:1,2,7). 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).
Willis J. Beecher
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.