Lexical Summary Ariel: "lioness of El", an Israelite name, also a man of Moab Original Word: אֲרִיאֵלTransliteration: Ariel Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ee-ale') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: "lioness of El", an Israelite name, also a man of Moab Meaning: Ariel -- "lioness of El", an Israelite name, also a man of Moab Strong's Concordance lion of God, lion-like men Or (arilel {ar-ee-ale'}; from 'ariy and 'el; lion of God; i.e. Heroic -- lionlike men. see HEBREW 'ariy see HEBREW 'el Brown-Driver-Briggs H739. Ariel אֲרִיאֵל 1. proper name, feminine (probably, see Ew) Ariel (lioness of El) name applied to Jerusalem Isaiah 29:1-2,(twice in verse); 29:7 (so Ges Ew Che Di and others; Tagum De Brd Or and others say hearth of El, compare אֲרִאֵיל). 2. proper name, masculine a chief man among returning exiles Ezra 8:16. 3 מוֺאָב אֲרִאֵל 2 Samuel 23:20 = מ ׳אֲרִיאֵל 1 Chronicles 11:26 taken by ᵐ5 RV DrSm and others as proper name, masculine, read two sons of Ariel of Moab; RSSemitic i. 469 compare אראל MI12, altar-hearth (so Sm & So, and DrSm xci, see below אֲרִיאֵיל) and translation ׳א מוֺאָב altar-hearths of Moab. 4 Ezekiel 43:15 & Qr 43:15; 43:16 see below אֲרִיאֵיל. **DuIsaiah 29:1 (q. v.) makes 1 = אֲרִיאֵיל, from אָרָה + ל afformative, hearth (not + אֵל hearth of El). |
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