Midvash

יוֹאֵלYôwʼêl

proper name, masculine: is God, Iolaos

Pronunciation: yo-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3100

Meanings

1. Samuel's firstborn (1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 6:13)

2. a Simeonite prince (1 Chronicles 4:35)

3. a Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:4; 1 Chronicles 5:8)

4. a Gadite chief (1 Chronicles 5:12)

5. a chief man of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:3)

6. one of David's heroes (1 Chronicles 11:38)

7. a chief of Manassesh (1 Chronicles 27:20)

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

9. a Benjamite (Nehemiah 11:9)

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

11. Levites (1 Chronicles 6:21; 2 Chronicles 29:12; 1 Chronicles 15:7)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 19 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 8:2 Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
  • 1 Chronicles 5:4 The descendants of Joel were Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei,
  • 1 Chronicles 5:8 and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. The Reubenites lived in the area that stretches from Aroer to Nebo and Baal-meon.
  • 1 Chronicles 5:12 Joel was the leader in the land of Bashan, and Shapham was second-in-command, followed by Janai and Shaphat.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:33 These are the men who served, along with their sons: Heman the musician was from the clan of Kohath. His genealogy was traced back through Joel, Samuel,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).