Hebrew word · H3100

יוֹאֵל

yo'el

Joel

Appears 19 times in 19 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.8.2;

son of: Samuel (H8050);

brother of: Abijah (H0029);

father of: Heman (H1968I); also translated "second" at 1Ch.6.28;

Also named: vash.ni (וַשְׁנִי "`second`" H2059)

§ Joel = "Jehovah is God"

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Samuel · 1

  1. 1 Samuel 8:2 יוֹאֵ֔ל Joel

    The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

1 Chronicles · 14

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:35 וְיוֹאֵ֑ל and Joel

    Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),

  2. 1 Chronicles 5:4 יוֹאֵ֑ל Joel

    The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

  3. 1 Chronicles 5:8 יוֹאֵ֑ל Joel

    and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

  4. 1 Chronicles 5:12 יוֹאֵ֣ל Joel

    Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Jaanai and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan.

  5. 1 Chronicles 6:33 יוֹאֵ֖ל Joel

    These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

  6. 1 Chronicles 6:36 יוֹאֵ֔ל Joel

    the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

  7. 1 Chronicles 7:3 וְיוֹאֵ֧ל and Joel

    The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

  8. 1 Chronicles 11:38 יוֹאֵל֙ Joel

    Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,

  9. 1 Chronicles 15:7 יוֹאֵ֣ל Joel

    from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;

  10. 1 Chronicles 15:11 וְיוֹאֵ֣ל and Joel

    David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

    Here: Name meaning 'YHWH is God'. He is head of the Gershomite clan (v. 7). Kohath, Merari and Gershom are Levi's three main family lines.

  11. 1 Chronicles 15:17 יוֹאֵ֔ל Joel

    So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

  12. 1 Chronicles 23:8 וְיוֹאֵ֖ל and Joel

    The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all.

  13. 1 Chronicles 26:22 וְיוֹאֵ֣ל and Joel

    the sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

  14. 1 Chronicles 27:20 יוֹאֵ֖ל Joel

    over the Ephraimites was Hoshea son of Azaziah; over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh was Joel son of Pedaiah;

2 Chronicles · 1

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:12 וְיוֹאֵ֣ל and Joel

    Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 10:43 וְיוֹאֵ֖ל and Joel

    And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 11:9 וְיוֹאֵ֥ל and Joel

    Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.

Joel · 1

  1. Joel 1:1 יוֹאֵ֖ל Joel

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

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