Bible Person
Meaning: altar; light or lion of God · Male · 1 cross reference
Ariel is one of the chief men sent by Ezra to recruit Levites for the return community. He belongs to the leadership circle supporting the restoration of proper worship. First appears in Ezra 8:16.1
AI summary: Ariel matters because his single cross reference places him in Ezra's urgent effort to secure the right people for temple service. The entry shows that restoration required intentional leadership, not merely willingness to travel. Taken together, the material presents Ariel as a chief figure helping supply the restored community's liturgical needs.1
Central Figure
Ariel
Meaning: altar; light or lion of God
One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites for the sanctuary (Ezra 8:16).
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Ezra |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.