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Joel

//ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. 2
    A surname from Hebrew.
  3. 3
    A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  4. 4
    A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.

    "The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel."

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹאֵל (yo'él, “Yahweh (is) God”). As a medieval French and English given name, it is also from Breton Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.

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