Joel

[joh-uhl]

noun

1. a Minor Prophet of the postexilic period.

2. a book of the Bible bearing his name.

3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “the Lord is God.”

Joel

/ ˈdʒəʊəl /

noun

1. a Hebrew prophet

2. the book containing his oracles

Example Sentences

She said the family was "numb and heartbroken" while Jacob, who has two brothers Joseph, aged two and Joel aged 12, is sleeping a lot.

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And new coach Joel Quenneville, who has a history of coaching success with young players, has that new group playing with confidence.

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“One problem is that Syrians themselves don’t see small anti-Israel groups as a threat to them, per se,” said Joel Parker, also a Syria researcher at Tel Aviv University.

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"First you violate expectations by making something worse, then you compound the injury by revealing the violation was both expensive and avoidable," psychologist and neuroscientist Joel Pearson told the BBC, explaining the public outrage.

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“Train Dreams,” a film on Netflix starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, is breathtaking in the most literal way, delivering emotion like a sucker punch.

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