Yôwʼêl — H3100

Definition

masculine proper noun

Joel, the name of twelve Israelites

1. Joel = "Jehovah is God"
2. 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
3. eldest son of Samuel the prophet and father of Heman the singer
4. a Simeonite chief
5. a Reubenite
6. a chief of Gad
7. son of Izrahiah and a chief of Issachar
8. brother of Nathan of Zobah and one of David's mighty warriors
9. son of Pedaiah and a chief of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan in the time of David
10. a son of Nebo who returned with Ezra and had a foreign wife
11. a Benjamite, son of Zichri
12. a Levite
13. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah
14. a Gershonite Levite chief in the time of David
15. a Gershonite Levite, son of Jehiel and a descendant of Laadan; maybe same as 13

Usually translated as

Joel

Origin

from H3068 and H410; Jehovah (is his) God

• Derived from Yᵉhôvâh (H3068)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Greek equivalents

• Iōḗl (G2493)

Occurrences

Yôwʼêl occurs 19 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (14), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Joel (1)

• 1 Samuel 8:2 — Now the name of his firstborn was Joel (יוֹאֵ֔ל); and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
• 1 Chronicles 4:35 — And Joel (וְיוֹאֵ֑ל), and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
• 1 Chronicles 5:4 — The sons of Joel (יוֹאֵ֑ל); Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
• 1 Chronicles 5:8 — And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel (יוֹאֵ֑ל), who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
• 1 Chronicles 5:12 — Joel (יוֹאֵ֣ל) the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
• 1 Chronicles 6:33 — And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel (יוֹאֵ֖ל), the son of Shemuel,
• 1 Chronicles 6:36 — The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel (יוֹאֵ֔ל), the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
• 1 Chronicles 7:3 — And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel (וְיוֹאֵ֧ל), Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
• 1 Chronicles 11:38 — Joel (יוֹאֵל֙) the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
• 1 Chronicles 15:7 — Of the sons of Gershom; Joel (יוֹאֵ֣ל) the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
• 1 Chronicles 15:11 — And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel (וְיוֹאֵ֣ל), Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
• 1 Chronicles 15:17 — So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel (יוֹאֵ֔ל); and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
• 1 Chronicles 23:8 — The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel (וְיוֹאֵ֖ל), three.
• 1 Chronicles 26:22 — The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel (וְיוֹאֵ֣ל) his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 27:20 — Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel (יוֹאֵ֖ל) the son of Pedaiah:
• 2 Chronicles 29:12 — Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel (וְיוֹאֵ֣ל) the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
• Ezra 10:43 — Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel (וְיוֹאֵ֖ל), Benaiah.
• Nehemiah 11:9 — And Joel (וְיוֹאֵ֥ל) the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
• Joel 1:1 — The word of the LORD that came to Joel (יוֹאֵ֖ל) the son of Pethuel.