Ariel
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(lion of God). This word is one of the allegorical names given to Jerusalem by the prophet Isaiah (29:1, 2–7). Since Jerusalem was the chief city of Judea, and the lion was the emblem of Judah, it is thus called allegorically Ariel. The same word is also the name of the following persons: a) (2 Sam. 23:20) a Moabite. His two sons, distinguished for extraordinary strength, were killed by Benaiah, David’s commander; b) (Ezra 8:16) a Jewish elder under Ezra in Babylon, before his return to Jerusalem. In 2 Esdras (8:43) he is called Idulus [as given].