ʼĂrîyʼêl — H740

Definition

feminine proper noun

Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite

1. Ariel = "lion of God" or "lioness of God"
2. a name applied to Jerusalem
3. the name of a chief of the returning exiles

Usually translated as

Ariel

Origin

the same as H739

• Same as ʼărîyʼêl (H739)

Occurrences

ʼĂrîyʼêl occurs 6 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Isaiah (3)

• Ezra 8:16 — Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel (לַאֲרִיאֵ֡ל), 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 29:1 — Woe to Ariel (אֲרִיאֵ֣ל), to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
• Isaiah 29:1 — Woe to Ariel, to Ariel (אֲרִיאֵ֔ל), the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
• Isaiah 29:2 — Yet I will distress Ariel (לַֽאֲרִיאֵ֑ל), and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
• Isaiah 29:2 — Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel (כַּאֲרִיאֵֽל).
• Isaiah 29:7 — And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel (אֲרִיאֵ֑ל), even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.