Lexical Definition

‎מִיכָה‎ Mîykâh (mee-kaw') Micah ^N:N-M-P
an abbreviated form of ‎מִיכָיָה‎

Micah, Micaiah, Michah.

• § Micah or Micaiah or Michah = "who is like God"
• Micah, the name of seven Israelites

1) the 6th in order of the minor prophets; a native of Moresheth, he prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, and was contemporary with the prophets Hosea, Amos, and Isaiah
2) an Ephraimite during the period of the judges
3) a descendant of Joel the Reubenite
4) son of Meribbaal and grandson of Jonathan
5) a Kohathite Levite, the eldest son of Uzziel the brother of Amram
6) father of Abdon, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah
7) son of Imlah and a prophet of Samaria who predicted the defeat and death of king Ahab of Israel

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִיכָה‎

proper name, masculine 1. Micha, the Ephraimite (ᵐ5 Μειχαίας), Judg 17:5; Judg 17:8; Judg 17:9; Judg 17:10; Judg 17:12 (twice in verse); Judg 17:13; Judg 18:2 ff. (12 t.), called ‎מִיכָֽיְהוּ‎ Judg 17:1; Judg 17:4.

2. the prophet Micah (ᵐ5 Μειχαίας), Mic 1:1 (Jer 26:18 Kt ‎מִיכָיָה‎).

3. 1Chr 5:5.

4. son of Meribbaal (Mephibosheth) 1Chr 8:34f. (ᵐ5 Μιχια), 1Chr 9:40f. (ᵐ5 Μειχα), called ‎מִיכָא‎ 2Sam 9:12.

5. 2Sam 23:20 (ᵐ5 Μειχας), 2Sam 24:24; 2Sam 24:25 (ᵐ5 Μειχα).

6. 2Chr 18:14 ( = ‎מִיכָֽיְהוּ‎ 2).

7. 2Chr 34:20 (|| 2Kgs 22:12 ‎מִיכָיָה‎).

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