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Ariel (Person)
ARIEL (PERSON) [Heb ʾărı̂ʾēl (אֲרִיאֵל)]. Var. IDUEL. Even though the Hebrew terms that stand behind the transliteration “ariel” occur rarely in the Bible, “ariel” seems to carry a wide range of meanings: (1) a poetic name for Jerusalem (Isa 29:1–2, 7); (2) a common noun for “heroes” or “champions” (2

Ariel (Person)
Ariel (Person). 1. Person or thing overcome in a heroic deed by Benaiah, chief of David’s bodyguard (2 Sm 23:20; 1 Chr 11:22). It is not clear that the Hebrew word ariel is a proper name in these passages. Benaiah may have killed two “lionlike men” of Moab (kjv) or destroyed two Moabite altar hearths.

Ariel (Exile)
1. A member of the delegation sent by Ezra to secure ministers for the temple (Ezr. 8:16). In par 1 Esd. 8:43 he appears as “Iduel” (NEB “Iduelus”).

Ariel (Person)
ARIEL (Person)1. Person or thing overcome in a heroic deed by Benaiah, chief of David’s bodyguard (2 Sm 23:20; 1 Chr 11:22). It is not clear that the Hebrew word ariel is a proper name in these passages. Benaiah may have killed two “lionlike men” of Moab (kjv) or destroyed two Moabite altar hearths.

Ariel
Ariel (air´ee-uhl; Heb., “altar hearth” or “heroes”).1 One of the leading men summoned by Ezra and sent by him to secure ministers for the temple (Ezra 8:16).2 According to the nrsv, a Moabite man in 2 Sam. 23:20 (1 Chron. 11:22) whose two sons were slain by David’s champion warrior Benaiah. Some English

Ariel
ARIEL1. The hearth of the altar of burnt offering in Ezekiel’s temple (Ezk 43:15–16). See Hearth.2. A leader whom Ezra sent to Casiphia, presumably a Babylonian Levitical settlement, to seek ministers for the temple (Ezr 8:16–17).3. A symbolic name for Jerusalem (Isa 29:1–2, 7). Its usage favors the

Ariel
ARIEL (Heb. ’arî’ēl, ‘hearth of El [God]’). 1. A name for the altar of burnt-offering described by Ezekiel (43:15–16). Several interpretations of this name have been given; ‘altar-hearth’ (rv); ‘mount of God’ (cf. Ezk. 43:15–16) or, less likely, ‘Lion of God’. In this sense ’r’l is named on the *Moabite

Ariel (Person)
Ariel (Heb. ʾărɩ̂ʾel) (PERSON)1. A member of the delegation sent by Ezra the scribe to obtain ministers for the temple (Ezra 8:16; cf. 1 Esdr. 8:43, “Iduel”).2, 3. Two Moabites (RSV “two ariels of Moab”; NJB “two formidable Moabites”) killed by Benaiah, one of David’s champions (NRSV 2 Sam. 23:20

Ariel
ARIEL (Hebrew, “lion of God,” also “heroes” or “champions”)1. One of the men handpicked by Ezra to recruit twelve Levites to serve as ministers for the house of God when the Jews returned to Israel from exile in Babylon (Ezra 8:16).2. The name Ezekiel gives to the “altar hearth” in the Temple of Jerusalem

Ariel
A´riel (lion of God).1. 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 Sam. 23:20; 1 Chron. 11:22. Many regard the word as an epithet, “lion-like”; but