First name Ariel in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Ariel is the name of the of Moab (2SA 23:20), as well as name of Levite Ezra sent to Iddo (EZR 8:16). Meaning of the name: altar; light or lion of God. Related names are: Jehoiada, Benaiah, Kabzeel . The translations of Ariel in 24 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Ariel in Spanish to アリエル in Japanese!
Name Ariel in the world's Bibles
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. (EZR 8:16)
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. (ISA 29:1)
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. (ISA 29:1)
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. (ISA 29:2)
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. (ISA 29:2)
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. (ISA 29:7)
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: (2SA 23:20)

Popularity of the name Ariel in its translations around the world

The map depicts the name ratio per 10.000 people in the total population. Only the exact name form in the respective country's official language Bible translations is counted!

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