Brown-Driver-Briggs
יוֺאֵל proper name, masculine ᵐ5 Ἰωηλ (usually interpreted as
׳י is God, compare
אֵלִיָּהוּ; but Phoenician
יאל ֗֗֗ CIS
i. 132 l. 4 & in יאלפעל (Louvre) apparently proper name, of deity, perhaps =
Iolaos, CIS
i. p. 163 & references; see also Nes
Eg 86 RS
K 301; Nes
strong-willed, compare
ויל,
ואל Sinaitic Inscription
, see
ואלו Eut
Sin. Inschr. No.5 + often, yet compare Dr
stud. Bib. i. 5 n.; W in RS
l.c. proposes connection with Arabic
Wâil in proper name, of a tribe Bakr Wâil (√
take refuge) compare RS
K 194) —
1 Samuel's firstborn 1 Samuel 8:2, 1 Chronicles 6:18; insert also v.1 Chronicles 6:13 after ᵐ5L Ἰωηλ (compare Dr 1 Samuel 8:2).
2 a Simeonite prince 1 Chronicles 4:35.
3 a Reubenite 1 Chronicles 5:4,8.
4 a Gadite chief 1 Chronicles 5:12.
5 a chief man of Issachar 1 Chronicles 7:3.
6 one of David's heroes 1 Chronicles 11:38.
7 a chief of Manassesh 1 Chronicles 27:20.
8 a Jew of Ezra's time Ezra 10:43.
9 a Benjamite Nehemiah 11:9.
10 the prophet, son of Pethuel Joel 1:1.
11 Levites
a. 1 Chronicles 6:21;
b.2Chronicles 29:12;
c. 1 Chronicles 15:7,11,17, perhaps=
d. 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:22.
יוֺאָשׁ see יְהוֺאָשׁ.
יוֺזָבָד see יְהוֺזָבָד. p.220.