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joel
/ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/
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What does joel mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname from Hebrew.
- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
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proper noun
- A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.
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Among the texts of Scripture on which this belief rested was especially Joel ii, 30, 31.
When Joel and Malachi prophecyed, is not evident by their Writings.
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We found the kitchen shutters forced but not finished; and in the area a tremendous bag of tools, a hammer large enough for the hand of a Joel, and six chisels!
The Rev. Dr. Joel Parker, of Philadelphia, in the course of a discussion on the nature of Slavery, says, "What, then, are the evils inseparable from slavery? There is not one that is not equally inseparable from depraved human nature in other lawful relations."
The laugh which echoes one of Seumas McManus's rigmaroles is not the chuckle which follows one of Joel Chandler Harris's anecdotes; the gentle sadness of an Andersen allegory is not the heart-searching tragedy of a tale from the Greek; nor is any one story of an author just like any other of the same making.