יוֹאֵל

Strong’s Definition

Joel, the name of twelve Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H410 (אֵל); Jehovah (is his) God;

KJV Usage

Joel.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yôwʼêl; Pronunciation: yo-ale'