Word

אֲרִאֵיל

ʼăriʼêyl · H741 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

Altar-hearth

The flat surface of the altar where the sacrifice is burned

Examples
Ezekiel 43:15 “The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upward four horns.
Ezekiel 43:16 “Now the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.
Ariel

Another name for Jerusalem

Examples
Isaiah 29:2 I will bring distress to Ariel, And she will be a city of grieving and mourning; And she will be like an Ariel to me.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אֹרֶךְlength 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

קֶרֶןhorn 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

כlike/as 2
מִןfrom 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach · H4196 · altar: The standard and most common Hebrew term for altar; אֲרִאֵיל appears to be a poetic or specialized designation for the same sacrificial structure, particularly in Ezekiel's visionary temple description.

In the other Testament 1 word

θυσιαστήριον thysiastḗrion · G2379 · altar: Standard Greek translation-equivalent for Hebrew altar terms in the LXX, referring to the structure for sacrificial offerings.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Soldiers001001003013: This entry carries no warrior sense of its own; its tagged occurrences (Isaiah 29:2; Ezekiel 43:15-16) are all the altar-hearth sense. The warrior sense belongs to the related form אֲרִיאֵל (ʼărîyʼêl, H739) (see that entry).
Constructions001003002: The word specifically names the altar hearth, the structural feature of the altar described in Ezekiel's measurements of the future temple (Ezekiel 43:15-16, "the altar hearth shall be four cubits").
Names of People003001007: This entry carries no personal-name sense of its own; its tagged occurrences (Isaiah 29:2; Ezekiel 43:15-16) are all the altar-hearth sense, not a reference to a person. The personal-name sense belongs to the related forms אֲרִיאֵל (ʼărîyʼêl, H739)-740 (see those entries).
Names of Locations003001010: This entry carries no place-name sense of its own beyond the wordplay in Isaiah 29:2, where the altar-hearth term is applied to Jerusalem under siege (called Ariel, אֲרִיאֵל (ʼĂrîyʼêl, H740), in the same passage).

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

אָרָה ʼârâh · H717 · to pluck, to pick, to gather · 2×אָרוֹן ʼârôwn · H727 · box, chest, coffin · 202×אֲרִי ʼărîy · H738 · lion · 80×אַרְיֵה ʼaryêh · H744 · lion · 10×אֻרְוָה ʼurvâh · H723 · stall, animal pen, cattle pen · 3×אֲרִאֵילʼăriʼêyl · H741אֲרִיאֵל ʼărîyʼêl · H739 · mighty warrior, altar-hearth · 2×אֲוֵרָה ʼăvêrâh · H220 · animal pen, cattle pen · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H741. ariel אֲרִאֵיל noun [masculine] hearth, altar-hearth (ᵐ5 Ἀριηλ; from ארה with ל…

H741. ariel
אֲרִאֵיל noun [masculine] hearth, altar-hearth (ᵐ5 Ἀριηλ; from ארה with ל aff. according to Ew§ 163 g Ol§ 220 Sm Eze 43:15 Di Isa 29:1 and elsewhere; but this formation very rare & here dubious; ᵑ7 Hi De Brd Or Isa 29:1 derive from אל + ארי = hearth of El, see also RSSemitic i. 469, who thinks of pillar-altars; compare אראלדודה MI12 see Sm & So, and DrSm xci) — אראיל Kt Eze 43:15-16, (Qr אֲרִיאֵל); = הַרְאֵל Eze 43:15 (Vrss Co אריאל), all with article, — of altar-hearth in Ezekiel's temple.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0