Joel

Joel

See also: joel, Jóel, Joēl, jöl, and Joël

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊ(ə)l/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -əʊəl, -əʊl

Proper noun

Joel

Joel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Joel on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. A male given name from Hebrew
2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. (biblical) A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joel 1:1:

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

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Joël (af) m Arabic: سفر يوئيل‎ Armenian: Հովել (hy) (Hovel) Basque: Joel (eu) Bengali: যোয়েল (ĵoyel) Breton: Yoel (br) m Burmese: ယောလအနာဂတ္တိကျမ်း (yau:la.a.nagatti.kyam:) Catalan: Joel (ca) Cebuano: Joel Chinese: Cantonese: 約珥書／约珥书, 约珥书 (joek3 ji5 syu1) Hakka: 約珥書／约珥书, 约珥书 (Yok-ngí-sû) Mandarin: 約珥書／约珥书 (zh) (Yuē'ěrshū) Min Dong: 約珥書, 约珥书 (Iók-ngī-cṳ̆) Corsican: Ghjuellu (co) Czech: Joel Danish: Joel Dutch: Joël (nl) Estonian: Joel (et) Faroese: Jóel (fo) m Finnish: Joel (fi) French: Joël (fr) German: Joel (de) Greek: Ιωήλ (el) (Ioḯl) Ancient: Ἰωήλ m (Iōḗl) Greenlandic: Joeli (kl) Gujarati: યોએલ (yoela) Hawaiian: Ioʻela Hebrew: יוֹאֵל‎ (he) (Yoel) Hindi: योएल (yoel) Hungarian: Jóel (hu) Icelandic: Jóel (is) m Ido: Ioel (io) Indonesian: Yoël Irish: Leabhar Ióéil m, Ióéil (ga) m Italian: Gioele (it) Japanese: ヨエル書 (Yoeru sho) Kannada: ಯೋವೇಲ (yōvēla) Kazakh: Жоел (Joel) Khmer: យ៉ូអែល (youʼael) Konkani: जोएल आचें पुसतक Korean: 요엘서 (yoelseo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: یۆئێل‎ (yo'êl) Latin: Ioel (la) Latvian: Joēl (lv) Limburgish: Joël Lithuanian: Joelio knyga (lt) f Malayalam: ജോയേലിന്റെ പുസ്തകം (jōyēlinṟe pustakaṃ) Maltese: Ktieb Ġoel (mt) Manx: Joel (gv) Maori: Hoera (mi) Marathi: योएल (yoel) Nepali: योएल (yoel) Norwegian: Joel (no) Oriya: ଯୋୟେଲ ଭବିଷ୍ୟ‌ଦ୍‌ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ (joyelô bhôbiṣyô‌d‌bôktaṅkô pustôkô) Persian: یوئیل‎ (fa) Polish: Księga Joela f Portuguese: Joel (pt) m Punjabi: ਯੋਏਲ (yoēla) Romanian: Ioel m Russian: Иои́ль m (Ioílʹ) Scots: Joel Scottish Gaelic: Ioel (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Knjiga proroka Joila, Joel Sicilian: Jueli Sinhalese: යෝවෙල් (yōwel) Slovak: Joel Slovene: Joel (sl) Spanish: Joel (es) m Swahili: Yoeli (sw) Swedish: Joel (sv) c Tagalog: Joel (tl) Tamil: யோவேல் (yōvēl) Telugu: యోవేలు (yōvēlu) Thai: โยเอล Urdu: یوایل‎ Waray-Waray: Joel Welsh: Joel (cy) m West Frisian: Joël Zealandic: Joël

male given name

Afrikaans: Joël (af) Armenian: Հովել (hy) (Hovel) Basque: Joel (eu) Breton: Yoel (br) m Cebuano: Joel Chinese: Min Dong: 約珥 (Iók-ngī) Corsican: Ghjuellu (co) Czech: Joel Danish: Joel Dutch: Joël (nl) Estonian: Joel (et) Faroese: Jóel (fo) m Finnish: Joel (fi) French: Joël (fr) German: Joel (de) Greek: Ιωήλ (el) m (Ioḯl) Ancient: Ἰωήλ m (Iōḗl) Greenlandic: Joeli (kl) Hawaiian: Ioʻela Hebrew: יוֹאֵל‎ (he) (yoel) Hungarian: Joel (hu) Icelandic: Jóel (is) m Ido: Ioel (io) Irish: Ióéil (ga) m Italian: Gioele (it) Japanese: ヨエル (Yoeru) Kazakh: Жоел (Joel) Latin: Ioel (la) Latvian: Joēl (lv) Limburgish: Joël Lithuanian: Joelis m Manx: Joel (gv) Maori: Hoera (mi) Norwegian: Joel (no) Polish: Joel (pl) m Portuguese: Joel (pt) m Romanian: Ioel m Russian: Джо́эл m (Džóel) Scots: Joel Scottish Gaelic: Ioel (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Joil m Sicilian: Jueli Slovak: Joel Slovene: Joel (sl) m Spanish: Joel (es) Swahili: Yoeli (sw) Swedish: Joel (sv) c Tagalog: Joel (tl) Waray-Waray: Joel Welsh: Joel (cy) m West Frisian: Joël Zealandic: Joël

Anagrams

• jole

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Catalan

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎.

Proper noun

Joel m

1. (biblical) Joel (prophet)
2. (biblical) Joel (book of the Bible)

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Danish

Proper noun

Joel

1. (biblical) Joel.
2. a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

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Estonian

Proper noun

Joel

1. (biblical) Joel.
2. a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

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Finnish

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎ (yoél).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoel/, [ˈjo̞e̞l]
• Rhymes: -oel
• Syllabification^(key): Jo‧el

Proper noun

Joel

1. (biblical) Joel.
2. a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

Declension

Inflection of Joel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Joel	Joelit
genitive		Joelin	Joelien
partitive		Joelia	Joeleja
illative		Joeliin	Joeleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Joel	Joelit
accusative	nom.	Joel	Joelit
	gen.	Joelin
genitive		Joelin	Joelien
partitive		Joelia	Joeleja
inessive		Joelissa	Joeleissa
elative		Joelista	Joeleista
illative		Joeliin	Joeleihin
adessive		Joelilla	Joeleilla
ablative		Joelilta	Joeleilta
allative		Joelille	Joeleille
essive		Joelina	Joeleina
translative		Joeliksi	Joeleiksi
instructive		—	Joelein
abessive		Joelitta	Joeleitta
comitative		—	Joeleineen

Possessive forms of Joel (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Joelini	Joelimme
2nd person	Joelisi	Joelinne
3rd person	Joelinsa

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Joel

1. (biblical) Joel.
2. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew

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Italian

Etymology

From various languages, ultimately from Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔ.el/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔel

Proper noun

Joel ?

1. A male given name in English, Basque, Catalan, Cebuano, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Manx, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Scots, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, or Welsh
2. A surname in English or German

References

1. Joel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Joel

1. (biblical) Joel.
2. a male given name of biblical origin

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ioel, from Ancient Greek Ἰωήλ (Iōḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹאֵל‎‎ (yoél).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔ.ɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɛl
• Syllabification: Jo‧el

Proper noun

Joel m pers

1. (biblical) Joel (Biblical character)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Joel

Declension

Declension of Joel

	singular	plural
nominative	Joel	Joelowie
genitive	Joela	Joelów
dative	Joelowi	Joelom
accusative	Joela	Joelów
instrumental	Joelem	Joelami
locative	Joelu	Joelach
vocative	Joelu	Joelowie

Further reading

• Joel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Joel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoˈɛw/ [ʒoˈɛʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwɛl/ [ˈʒwɛɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl
• Hyphenation: Jo‧el

Proper noun

Joel m

1. (biblical) Joel (a book of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Joel (a minor biblical prophet)
3. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joel

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Slovak

Proper noun

Joel m (genitive singular Joela, nominative plural Joelovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. (religion) Joel

Declension

Declension of Joel

	singular	plural
nominative	Joel	Joelovia
genitive	Joela	Joelov
dative	Joelovi	Joelom
accusative	Joela	Joelov
locative	Joelovi	Joeloch
instrumental	Joelom	Joelami

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoˈel/ [xoˈel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: Jo‧el

Proper noun

Joel m

1. (biblical) Joel (the book of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Joel (prophet)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Joel c (genitive Joels)

1. (biblical) Joel.
2. a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin