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Ariel

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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.

Bibliography Information
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Ariel'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​a/ariel.html. 1893.