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Ariel

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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 (1863)

(lion of God).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

altar; light or lion of God

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