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 (Isaiah 29:1,2,7) as "victorious under God," and in Ezekiel 43:15,16, for the altar (marg., Heb. 'ariel) of burnt offerings, the secret of Israel's lion-like strength.