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Joel
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joel Jóel joël Joël Joēl
English
Etymology
Principally from en ML. Joel, from en LL. Ioel, from en grc-koi Ἰωήλ, from en hbo יוֹאֵל yo'él Yah Is God. Also partially from en fro - and en enm - variants of en br Judicaël, also related to en Joyce and en Jocelyn. Cf. en Elijah.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/ /d͡ʒoʊˈɛl/ some men GA
en /ˈd͡ʒəʊ(ə)l/ /d͡ʒəʊˈɛl/ some men RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Joel.wav Southern England /ˈd͡ʒəʊl/
en /ˈd͡ʒɒl/ doll-dole
en əʊəl əʊl 1 2 ɛl some men
Proper noun
Book of Joel
en male Hebrew, particularly
en Q45053en biblical character A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.
Joel 1 1 The word of the Lord that came to Ioel the onne of Pethuel.
en Hebrew.
en Q131643en book of the bible A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
Derived terms
en Joel Joel Joel South
Translations
book of the Bible
Afrikaans: af Joël m
Arabic: ar سفر يوئيل
Armenian: hy Հովել
Asturian: ast Xoel
Basque: eu Joel
Bengali: bn যোয়েল
Breton: br Yoel m
Burmese: my ယောလအနာဂတ္တိကျမ်း
Catalan: ca Joel
Cebuano: ceb Joel
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 約珥書 joek3 ji5 syu1
Eastern Min: cdo 約珥書 Iók-ngī-cṳ̆
Hakka: hak 約珥書 Yok-ngí-sû
Mandarin: cmn 約珥書 Yuē'ěrshū
Corsican: co Ghjuellu
Czech: cs Joel
Danish: da Joel
Dutch: nl Joël
Estonian: et Joel
Faroese: fo Jóel m
Finnish: fi Joel
French: fr Joël
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Joël
Galician: gl Xoel
German: de Joel
Greek: el Ιωήλ
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰωήλ m
Greenlandic: kl Joeli
Gujarati: gu યોએલ
Hawaiian: haw Ioʻela
Hebrew: he יואל Yoel יוֹאֵל
Hindi: hi योएल
Hungarian: hu Jóel
Icelandic: is Jóel m
Ido: io Ioel
Indonesian: id Yoël
Irish: ga Leabhar Ióéil m, ga Ióéil m
Italian: it Gioele
Japanese: ja ヨエル書 Yoeru sho
Kannada: kn ಯೋವೇಲ
Kazakh: kk Жоел
Khmer: km យ៉ូអែល
Konkani: kok जोएल आचें पुसतक
Korean: ko 요엘서
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb یۆئێل
Latin: la Ioel
Latvian: lv Joēl
Limburgish: li Joël
Lithuanian: lt Joelio knyga f
Malay: ms Yo'el
Malayalam: ml ജോയേലിന്റെ പുസ്തകം
Maltese: mt Ktieb Ġoel
Manx: gv Joel
Māori: mi Hoera
Marathi: mr योएल
Nepali: ne योएल
Norwegian: no Joel
Odia: or ଯୋୟେଲ ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ
Persian: fa یوئیل
Polish: pl Księga Joela f
Portuguese: pt Joel m
Punjabi: pa ਯੋਏਲ
Romanian: ro Ioel m
Russian: ru Иои́ль m
Scots: sco Joel
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ioel m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Knjiga proroka Joila, sh Joel
Sicilian: scn Jueli
Sinhalese: si යෝවෙල්
Slovak: sk Joel
Slovene: sl Joel
Spanish: es Joel m
Swahili: sw Yoeli
Swedish: sv Joel c
Tagalog: tl Joel
Tamil: ta யோவேல்
Telugu: te యోవేలు
Thai: th โยเอล
Tumbuka: tum Yoyele
Urdu: ur یوایل
Waray-Waray: war Joel
Welsh: cy Joel m
Zealandic: zea Joël
male given name
Afrikaans: af Joël
Armenian: hy Հովել
Asturian: ast Xoel
Basque: eu Joel
Breton: br Yoel m
Cebuano: ceb Joel
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 約珥 Iók-ngī
Mandarin: cmn 喬爾 Qiáo'ěr
Coptic: cop ⲓⲱⲏⲗ
Corsican: co Ghjuellu
Czech: cs Joel
Danish: da Joel
Dutch: nl Joël
Estonian: et Joel
Faroese: fo Jóel m
Finnish: fi Joel
French: fr Joël
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Joël
German: de Joel
Greek: el Ιωήλ m, el Ιωήλος m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰωήλ m
Greenlandic: kl Joeli
Hawaiian: haw Ioʻela
Hebrew: he יואל yoel יוֹאֵל
Hungarian: hu Joel
Icelandic: is Jóel m
Ido: io Ioel
Irish: ga Ióéil m
Italian: it Gioele
Japanese: ja ヨエル Yoeru
Kazakh: kk Жоел
Latin: la Ioel
Latvian: lv Joēl
Limburgish: li Joël
Lithuanian: lt Joelis m
Manx: gv Joel
Māori: mi Hoera
Marathi: mr जोएल m
Norwegian: no Joel
Old Nubian: onw ⲓⲱⲏⲗ
Polish: pl Joel m
Portuguese: pt Joel m
Romanian: ro Ioel m
Russian: ru Джо́эл m
Scots: sco Joel
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ioel m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Joil m
Sicilian: scn Jueli
Slovak: sk Joel
Slovene: sl Joel m
Spanish: es Joel
Swahili: sw Yoeli
Swedish: sv Joel c
Tagalog: tl Joel
Waray-Waray: war Joel
Welsh: cy Joel m
Zealandic: zea Joël
Anagrams
en ejlo jole
Catalan
Etymology
ca :bor he:יוֹאֵל
ca he יוֹאֵל.
Proper noun
m
ca biblical character en Joel prophet
ca book of the bible en Joel book of the Bible
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da biblical character en Joel.
da male Hebrew of biblical origin
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et biblical character Joel.
et male Hebrew of biblical origin
Finnish
Etymology
From fi hbo יוֹאֵל yo'él Yahweh is God.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi biblical character Joel.
fi male Biblical Hebrew
Declension
Joel a 0
Statistics
dvv_20250813 9006 2627 79 7
References
German
Pronunciation
de De-Joel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de biblical character Joel.
de male Biblical Hebrew
Italian
it:
Etymology
From various languages, ultimately from it he יוֹאֵל.
Pronunciation
Giòel<r:DiPI:Joel>
Proper noun
it en,eu,ca,ceb,cs,da,et,fi,de,gv,no,pl,pt,sco,sk,sl,es,sv,tl,cy male given name
it en,de surname
References
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no biblical character Joel.
no male of biblical origin
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :lbor la:Ioel + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Joel.wav
Proper noun
m-pr
pl Biblical character en Joel prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel
Declension
Joe l s
Proper noun
m-pr
pl male Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Joel
Declension
Joe l Joelowie Joelów
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
[el:él]
pt ew<a:Brazil> ɛl<a:Portugal> 2
pt Jo el
Proper noun
m +
pt male Hebrew Joel
pt biblical character en Joel a minor biblical prophet
pt book of the bible en Joel a book of the Bible
Coordinate terms
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr
sk biblical character sk Joel Q45053
Declension
m-pr sg
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es book of the bible en Joel the book of the Bible
es biblical character en Joel prophet
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv /¹juːɛl/ [ˈjuəɛl] [ˈjuːɛl]
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Joel.wav
sv uːɛl 1
Proper noun
c
en Joel biblical book and prophet
sv male Hebrew of biblical origin
sv Biblical characters Books of the Bible
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy
Proper noun
m
cy male Joel
cy biblical A prophet, author of the Book of Joel
cy biblical The Book of Joel
Coordinate terms