Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Ariel
Ariel 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.