Joel — the meaning of the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל

יוֹאֵל

Yôwʼêl · pronounced yo-ale' · Strong's H3100 · a man

Joel means Jehovah (is his) God.

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יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh (from, H3068) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal open in the lexicon ›

אֵל ʼêl (and, H410) — strength open in the lexicon ›

from H3068 and H410; Jehovah (is his) God; Joel, the name of twelve Israelites.

1Sam 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer–sheba. (KJV)

19 occurrences in 19 verses — 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Joel

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.