BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6602
pe.tu.el — Pethuel
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jol.1.1; father of: Joel (H3100T) § Pethuel = "vision of God" father of the prophet Joel
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3100
yo.el — Joel
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.8.2; son of: Samuel (H8050); brother of: Abijah (H0029); father of: Heman (H1968I); also translated "second" at 1Ch.6.28; Also named: vash.ni (וַשְׁנִי "`second`" H2059) § Joel = "Jehovah is God" 1) son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 12 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah 2) eldest son of Samuel the prophet and father of Heman the singer 3) a Simeonite chief 4) a Reubenite 5) a chief of Gad 6) son of Izrahiah and a chief of Issachar 7) brother of Nathan of Zobah and one of David's mighty warriors 8) son of Pedaiah and a chief of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan in the time of David 9) a son of Nebo who returned with Ezra and had a foreign wife 10) a Benjamite, son of Zichri 11) a Levite 12) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah 13) a Gershonite Levite chief in the time of David 14) a Gershonite Levite, son of Jehiel and a descendant of Laadan; maybe same as 13
19 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Vision of God, the father of Joel the prophet (Joel 1:1).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
