Pethuel

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The Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary by Robert Hawker (1828)

The father of the prophet Joel. His name signifies mouth of God, from Path, mouth - - and El, God; or if from Pathah, to persuade, it will be persuasion of God.

Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863) ↑

Pethu’el. (vision of God). The father of the prophet, Joel. Joe 1:1. (B.C. before 800).

New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (1899) ↑

[Pethu’el]

Father of the prophet Joel. Joe 1:1.

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

PETHUEL.—The father of the prophet Joel (Joe 1:1).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915) ↑

pḗ-thū´el (פּתוּאל, p^ethū’ēl, “God’s opening”): Father of Joel the prophet (Joe 1:1).