Strong's Lexicon

H739

H739 — אֲרִיאֵל אֲרִאֵל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewariy'elnoun mascOccurrences: 4TWOT: 159a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H739
Word:	אֲרִיאֵל אֲרִאֵל
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H738 and H410
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	ariy'el
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ar-ee-ale' (or (arilel {ar-ee-ale'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. lion of God 2. i.e. heroic
KJV Renderings:	lionlike men.

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BDB736

אֲרִיאֵל

1. proper name, feminine (probably, see Ew) Ariel ( lioness of El) name applied to Jerusalem Isa 29:1; Isa 29:2 (twice in verse); Isa 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. אֲרִאֵל מוֺאָב 2Sam 23:20 = ׳ אֲרִיאֵל מ 1Chr 11:26 taken by ᵐ5 RV Dr^Sm and others as proper name, masculine, read two sons of Ariel of Moab; RS^{Semitic i. 469} compare אראל MI¹² , altar-hearth (so Sm & So, and Dr^{Sm xci}, see below אֲרִיאֵיל) and translation מוֺאָב ׳ א altar-hearths of Moab.

4. Ezek 43:15 & Qr Ezek 43:15 Ezek 43:16 see below אֲרִיאֵיל.

Du^{Isa 29:1} (q. v.) makes

1. = אֲרִיאֵיל, from אָרָה + ל afformative, hearth (not + אֵל hearth of El).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אַראל (dree-zhi’)

2 Samuel 23:20

KJV: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:who…: Heb. great of actslionlike…: Heb. lion of God

EHCC: be slew two lionlike men of Moab: (marg. .

2 Samuel 29:1

EHCC: Woe to Ariel, to , (marg. Ged)