Midvash

אֲרִיאֵלʼărîyʼêl

lion of God; i.e. heroic

Pronunciation: ar-ee-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H739

Meanings

1. Ariel, name applied to Jerusalem (Isaiah 29:1; Isaiah 29:2; Isaiah 29:7)

2. a chief man among returning exiles (Ezra 8:16)

3. read two sons of Ariel of Moab (2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:26)

4. see below אֲרִיאֵיל (Ezekiel 43:15; Ezekiel 43:16)

1. hearth of El

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 23:20 There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.
  • 1 Chronicles 11:22 There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).