Lexical Definition

‎יוֹאֵל‎ Yôwʼêl (yo-ale') Joel ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יְהֹוָה‎ and ‎אֵל‎; Jehovah (is his) God

Joel.

• § Joel = "Jehovah is God"
• Joel, the name of twelve Israelites

1) son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 12 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah
2) eldest son of Samuel the prophet and father of Heman the singer
3) a Simeonite chief
4) a Reubenite
5) a chief of Gad
6) son of Izrahiah and a chief of Issachar
7) brother of Nathan of Zobah and one of David's mighty warriors
8) son of Pedaiah and a chief of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan in the time of David
9) a son of Nebo who returned with Ezra and had a foreign wife
10) a Benjamite, son of Zichri
11) a Levite
12) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah
13) a Gershonite Levite chief in the time of David
14) a Gershonite Levite, son of Jehiel and a descendant of Laadan; maybe same as 13

See Greek: Ἰωήλ

Extended Information

name of: שָׁאוּל

• A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.24
• son of: Uzziah (עֻזִּיָּה)
• father of: Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָה); also called Joel at 1Ch.6.36
• Another name of sha.ul (‎ש‎ָׁ‎או‎ּ‎ל‎ "Shaul" שָׁאוּל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יוֺאֵל‎ proper name, masculine ᵐ5 Ἰωηλ (usually interpreted as ‎׳‎‎י‎ is God, compare ‎אֵלִיָּהוּ‎; but Phoenician ‎יאל ֗֗֗ ‎ CIS^{i. 132 l. 4 & in} ‎יאלפעל‎ (Louvre) apparently proper name, of deity, perhaps = Iolaos, CIS^{i. p. 163 & references}; see also Nes^{Eg 86} RS^{K 301}; Nes strong-willed, compare ‎ויל‎, ‎ואל‎ Sinaitic Inscription , see ‎ואלו‎ Eut^{Sin. Inschr. No.5} + often, yet compare Dr^{stud. Bib. i. 5 n}.; W in RS^l.c. proposes connection with Arabic Wâil in proper name, of a tribe Bakr Wâil (√ take refuge) compare RS^{K 194}) —

1. Samuel's firstborn 1Sam 8:2, 1Chr 6:18* insert also v.1Chr 6:13* after ᵐ5^L Ἰωηλ (compare Dr 1Sam 8:2).

2. a Simeonite prince 1Chr 4:35.

3. a Reubenite 1Chr 5:4; 1Chr 5:8.

4. a Gadite chief 1Chr 5:12.

5. a chief man of Issachar 1Chr 7:3.

6. one of David's heroes 1Chr 11:38.

7. a chief of Manassesh 1Chr 27:20.

8. a Jew of Ezra's time Ezra 10:43.

9. a Benjamite Neh 11:9.

10. the prophet, son of Pethuel Joel 1:1.

11. Levites
a. 1Chr 6:21*
b. 2Chr 29:12
c. 1Chr 15:7; 1Chr 15:11; 1Chr 15:17, perhaps=
d. 1Chr 23:8; 1Chr 26:22.

‎יוֺאָשׁ‎ see ‎יְהוֺאָשׁ‎. ‎יוֺזָבָד‎ see ‎יְהוֺזָבָד‎. p.220.

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