Bible Person
Meaning: mouth of God; persuasion of God · Male · 1 cross reference
Pethuel is the father of Joel the prophet in Joel 1:1. He belongs to the family background of a prophetic voice addressing crisis, repentance, and the day of the Lord. First appears in Joel 1:1.1
AI summary: Pethuel matters because his single cross reference supports the identity of Joel at the opening of the prophecy. Even a brief paternal notice helps anchor prophetic speech in remembered human lineage rather than abstraction. Taken together, the material presents Pethuel as a familial source in the book of Joel.1
Central Figure
Pethuel
Meaning: mouth of God; persuasion of God
Vision of God, the father of Joel the prophet (Joel 1:1).
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Joel |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.