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 Ezek. 43:15, 16, for the altar (marg., Hebrews `ariel) of burnt offerings, the secret of Israel's lion-like strength.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

(n.) Alt. of Ariel gazelle.