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Joel

The second of the twelve lesser prophets. It is impossible to ascertain the age in which he lived, but it seems most probable that he was contemporary with Hosea. Joel is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “he that wills or commands.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type: Subject
Strong’s: G2493, H3100
Hebrew: יוֹאֵל · Yôwʼêl
Greek: Ἰωήλ · Iōēl
Name meaning: he that wills or commands According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἰωήλ

G2493

Transliteration: Iōēl
Language: Greek
Part of speech: N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

Joel

Lexicon definition

Ἰωήλ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. יוֹאֵל,), Joel: Act.2:16.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

יוֹאֵל

H3100

Transliteration: Yôwʼêl
Pronunciation: yo-ale'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 19

Glosses

Joel.

Lexicon definition

Joel, the name of twelve Israelites

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Ἰωήλ

G2493

Transliteration: Iōḗl
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

Joel

Lexicon definition

Joel, an Israelite

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Joel

he that wills or commands

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

JOEL

the second of the twelve lesser prophets. It is impossible to ascertain the age in which he lived, but it seems most probable that he was contemporary with Hosea. No particulars of his life or death are certainly known. His prophecies are confined to the kingdom of Judah. He inveighs against the sins and impieties of the people, and threatens them with divine vengeance; he exhorts to repentance, fasting, and prayer; and promises the favour of God to those who should be obedient. The principal predictions contained in this book are the Chaldean invasion, under the figurative representation of locusts; the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus; the blessings of the Gospel dispensation; the conversion and restoration of the Jews to their own land; the overthrow of the enemies of God; and the glorious state of the Christian church in the end of the world. The style of Joel is perspicuous and elegant, and his descriptions are remarkably animated and poetical.

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