Definitions for JOEL
ˈdʒoʊ əljoel

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. Joelnoun

   a Hebrew minor prophet

2. Joel, Book of Joelnoun

   an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Joelnoun

   A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

2. Joelnoun

   A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.

3. Etymology: Hebrew "Yahweh (is) God". As a medieval French and English given name, it is also a rendering of the Breton saint's name Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. joel

   Joel is primarily used as a male first name derived from the Hebrew name Yo-el, which means "Yahweh is God". In the Bible, Joel is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Joel, which describes a locust plague and a day of judgement. In a broader or less common sense, Joel could refer to several books, movies or songs titled after this name. It could also refer to several places in the USA named Joel. Note that the exact usage and meaning can vary, and the context in which the term is used may modify its meaning.

WikidataRate this definition:2.8 / 5 votes

1. Joel

   Joel was a prophet of ancient Israel, the second of the twelve minor prophets and the author of the Book of Joel. He is mentioned by name only once in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, in the introduction to his own brief book, as the son of Pethuel. The name Joel combines the covenant name of God, YHWH, and el, and has been translated as "one to whom YHWH is God," that is, a worshipper of YHWH. The dates of his life are unknown; he may have lived anywhere from the 9th century BC to the 5th century BCE, depending on the dating of his book. The book's mention of Greeks has not given scholars any help in dating the text since the Greeks were known to have had access to Judah from Mycenaean times. However, the book's mention of Judah's suffering and to the standing temple has led some scholars to place the date of the book in the post-exilic period, after the construction of the Second Temple. Joel was originally from Judah/Judea, and, judging from its prominence in his prophecy, was quite possibly a prophet associated with the ritual of the Jerusalem temple. According to a long-standing tradition, Joel was buried in Gush Halav.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Joel

   a Hebrew prophet, author of a book of the Old Testament that bears his name, and which is of uncertain date, but is written on the great broad lines of all Hebrew prophecy, and reads us the same moral lesson, that from the judgments of God there is no outlet for the sinner except in repentance, and that in repentance lies the pledge of deliverance from all evil and of the enjoyment of all good.

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1. joel

   Song lyrics by joel -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by joel on the Lyrics.com website.

2. JOEL

   What does JOEL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the JOEL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. JOEL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Joel is ranked #19087 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Joel surname appeared 1,426 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Joel.
   
   61% or 871 total occurrences were White.
   14.5% or 208 total occurrences were Asian.
   11.5% or 164 total occurrences were Black.
   9.4% or 135 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.7% or 39 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Book
   • Prophet

How to pronounce JOEL?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say JOEL in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of JOEL in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of JOEL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of JOEL in a Sentence

1. Kelly Mercer:

   Down where the fingers were, and he wrote, ‘Property of Kelly Mercer and Joel Ruiz,’.

2. Jeffrey Vlaming:

   CHRIS The bane and blessing of human nature. That old cat killer, curiosity. Something so deeply embedded in our psyches that it screams to us from ancient myths of Pandora. Eve. Lot's wife. JOEL Eve lost paradise, Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt. Knowledge doesn't come cheap my friend. CHRIS Good or bad, curiosity is woven into our DNA like tonsils or like the opposable thumb. It's the fire under the ass of the human experience

3. Ellen Herman:

   Joel That's the movies, Ed. Try reality. Ed No thanks.

4. Bill Simmons:

   Just a heads up Jackie MacMullan and I talked about Joel Embiid on my podcast, she did a quick impression of Joel. We realized afterwards it could be taken the wrong way. It was a little too late so as a result we uploaded an edited version as soon as we could. We apologize about that.

5. Neal Quon:

   If Joel Bruckenstein get even one employee who says' It's easier for me to do it the old way,' the whole process is going to fail.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=JOEL
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Joel
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=JOEL
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Joel
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html