Every Name in Tanakh

יוֹאֵל Yoel

Often spelled Joel in English. Every verse in which this name stands — 19 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 47×19 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A prophet whose book describes a devastating locust plague as a call to repentance and looks to a future “day of the LORD” when God will pour out His spirit on all flesh (Book of Joel). The book gives no information about his life beyond his father's name, Petuel (Joel 1:1).

1 Samuel 8:2שמואל א ח:ב

וַיְהִי שֶׁם־בְּנוֹ הַבְּכוֹר יוֹאֵל וְשֵׁם מִשְׁנֵהוּ אֲבִיָּה שֹׁפְטִים בִּבְאֵר שָֽׁבַע

Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.

Joel 1:1יואל א:א

דְּבַר־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אֶל־יוֹאֵל בֶּן־פְּתוּאֵֽל

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

Ezra 10:43עזרא י:מג

מִבְּנֵי נְבוֹ יְעִיאֵל מַתִּתְיָה זָבָד זְבִינָא ידו וְיוֹאֵל בְּנָיָֽה

Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.

Nehemiah 11:9נחמיה יא:ט

וְיוֹאֵל בֶּן־זִכְרִי פָּקִיד עֲלֵיהֶם וִיהוּדָה בֶן־הַסְּנוּאָה עַל־הָעִיר מִשְׁנֶֽה

And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.

1 Chronicles 4:35דברי הימים א ד:לה

וְיוֹאֵל וְיֵהוּא בֶּן־יוֹשִׁבְיָה בֶּן־שְׂרָיָה בֶּן־עֲשִׂיאֵֽל

and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;

1 Chronicles 5:8דברי הימים א ה:ח

וּבֶלַע בֶּן־עָזָז בֶּן־שֶׁמַע בֶּן־יוֹאֵל הוּא יוֹשֵׁב בַּעֲרֹעֵר וְעַד־נְבוֹ וּבַעַל מְעֽוֹן

and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon;

1 Chronicles 5:12דברי הימים א ה:יב

יוֹאֵל הָרֹאשׁ וְשָׁפָם הַמִּשְׁנֶה וְיַעְנַי וְשָׁפָט בַּבָּשָֽׁן

Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan;

1 Chronicles 6:18דברי הימים א ו:יח

וְאֵלֶּה הָעֹמְדִים וּבְנֵיהֶם מִבְּנֵי הַקְּהָתִי הֵימָן הַמְשׁוֹרֵר בֶּן־יוֹאֵל בֶּן־שְׁמוּאֵֽל

And these are they that took their station, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel;

1 Chronicles 7:3דברי הימים א ז:ג

וּבְנֵי עֻזִּי יִֽזְרַֽחְיָה וּבְנֵי יִֽזְרַֽחְיָה מִֽיכָאֵל וְעֹבַדְיָה וְיוֹאֵל יִשִּׁיָּה חֲמִשָּׁה רָאשִׁים כֻּלָּֽם

And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah; and the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.

1 Chronicles 15:7דברי הימים א טו:ז

לִבְנֵי גֵּרְשׁוֹם יוֹאֵל הַשָּׂר וְאֶחָיו מֵאָה וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים

of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;

1 Chronicles 15:11דברי הימים א טו:יא

וַיִּקְרָא דָוִיד לְצָדוֹק וּלְאֶבְיָתָר הַכֹּֽהֲנִים וְלַלְוִיִּם לְאֽוּרִיאֵל עֲשָׂיָה וְיוֹאֵל שְׁמַֽעְיָה וֶאֱלִיאֵל וְעַמִּינָדָֽב

And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

1 Chronicles 15:17דברי הימים א טו:יז

וַיַּעֲמִידוּ הַלְוִיִּם אֵת הֵימָן בֶּן־יוֹאֵל וּמִן־אֶחָיו אָסָף בֶּן־בֶּֽרֶכְיָהוּ וּמִן־בְּנֵי מְרָרִי אֲחֵיהֶם אֵיתָן בֶּן־קֽוּשָׁיָֽהוּ

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

1 Chronicles 26:22דברי הימים א כו:כב

בְּנֵי יְחִֽיאֵלִי זֵתָם וְיוֹאֵל אָחִיו עַל־אֹצְרוֹת בֵּית יְהוָֽה

The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 27:20דברי הימים א כז:כ

לִבְנֵי אֶפְרַיִם הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן־עֲזַזְיָהוּ לַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה יוֹאֵל בֶּן־פְּדָיָֽהוּ

of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;

2 Chronicles 29:12דברי הימים ב כט:יב

וַיָּקֻמוּ הַלְוִיִּם מַחַת בֶּן־עֲמָשַׂי וְיוֹאֵל בֶּן־עֲזַרְיָהוּ מִן־בְּנֵי הַקְּהָתִי וּמִן־בְּנֵי מְרָרִי קִישׁ בֶּן־עַבְדִּי וַעֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶּן־יְהַלֶּלְאֵל וּמִן־הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי יוֹאָח בֶּן־זִמָּה וְעֵדֶן בֶּן־יוֹאָֽח

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Yoel?

Yoel (Joel) — יואל in Hebrew — has a gematria of 47 in the standard method.

How many times is Yoel named in the Tanakh?

19 times, first at 1 Samuel 8:2.

A spelling is not a name. The written word יואל stands 11 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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