Joel

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Joel
    n 1: a Hebrew minor prophet
    2: an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies [syn: {Joel},
       {Book of Joel}]
    
from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Joel
Jehovah is his God. (1.) The oldest of Samuel's two sons
appointed by him as judges in Beersheba (1 Sam. 8:2). (See
VASHNI �(n/a).) (2.) A descendant of Reuben (1 Chr. 5:4,8). (3.)
One of David's famous warriors (1 Chr. 11:38). (4.) A Levite of
the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 15:7, 11). (5.) 1 Chr. 7:3. (6.) 1
Chr. 27:20. (7.) The second of the twelve minor prophets. He was
the son of Pethuel. His personal history is only known from his
book.
    
from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Joel, he that wills or commands
    

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