Pethuel — the meaning of the Hebrew name פְּתוּאֵל

פְּתוּאֵל

Pᵉthûwʼêl · pronounced peth-oo-ale' · Strong's H6602 · a man

Pethuel means enlarged of God.

Built from

פָּתָה pâthâh (from, H6601) — to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy open in the lexicon ›

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

from H6601 and H410; enlarged of God; Pethuel, an Israelite.

Joel 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joel

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

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