Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(Jehovah his God). (1) Son of Pethuel and second of minor prophets. Probably of Judah and contemporary with Uzziah, B. C. 810-758. His book, 29th of O. T., depicts calamities, rises into exhortation, and foreshadows the Messiah. (2) Son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2). (3) Others (1 Chron. 4:35; 5:4,8,12; 6:36; 7:3; 11:38; 15:7; 23:8; 27:20; 2 Chron. 29:12; Ezra 10:43; Neh. 11:9).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. Eldest son of Samuel: he and his brother Abiah acted as judges; their corrupt practices were the plea upon which Israel demanded a king (1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chron. 6:33; 1 Chron. 15:17). Apparently Joel is called VASHNI in 1 Chronicles 6:28; but it is possible that the word Joel has dropped out: the passage would then read “the firstborn Joel, and ‘the second’ Abiah,” as in the RV.
2. Prince in the tribe of Simeon (1 Chron. 4:35).
3. A Reubenite, father of Shemaiah, or Shema (1 Chron. 5:4,8).
4. A chief man among the Gadites (1 Chron. 5:12).
5. Son of Azariah, Kohathite (1 Chron. 6:36).
6. Son of Izrahiah, a descendant of Issachar (1 Chron. 7:3).
7. One of David’s mighty men (1 Chron. 11:38).
8. A chief of the sons of Gershom (1 Chron. 15:7,11).
9. Son of Jehieli, and descendant of Laadan, a Gershonite (1 Chron. 23:8; 1 Chron. 26:22).
10. Son of Pedaiah, of the tribe of Manasseh (1 Chron. 27:20).
11. Son of Azariah, a Kohathite of Hezekiah’s time (2 Chron. 29:12).
12. One who had married a strange wife (Ezra 10:43).
13. Son of Zichri, and overseer of the Benjamites in Jerusalem (Neh. 11:9).
14. Son of Pethuel: the prophet (Joel 1:1).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 3068 and 410; Jehovah (is his) God; Joel, the name of twelve Israelites
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
Jehovah is God
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
The Lord God; Jehovah God:―the name of twelve Israelites, 1 Sam. 8:2. {Iehovah-Deus}