Lexical Definition

‎מִיכָיְהוּ‎ Mîykâyᵉhûw (me-kaw-yeh-hoo') Micaiah ^N:N-M-P
or מִכָיְהוּ Mikâyᵉhûw (me-kaw-yeh-hoo'); (Jeremiah 36:11), abbreviated form for ‎מִיכָיָהוּ‎

Micah, Micaiah, Michaiah.

• § Micah or Micaiah or Michaiah = "who is like God"
• Mikajah, the name of three Israelites

1) an Ephraimite during the period of the judges
2) son of Imlah and a prophet of Samaria who predicted the defeat and death of king Ahab of Israel
3) son of Gemariah in the time of Jeremiah

Extended Information

spelling of: מִיכָה

• A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.17.1
• Another spelling of mi.khah (‎מ‎ִ‎יכ‎ָ‎ה‎ "Micah" מִיכָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִיכָֽיְהוּ‎ proper name, masculine (so on an Israel scarab, Ganneau^{JAS 1883, 156, No. 42}) —

1. an Ephraimite, Judg 17:1; Judg 17:4 (in Judg 17:5ff., Judg 18:2ff called ‎מִיכָה‎).

2. a prophet, the son of Imlah (ᵐ5 Μειχαίας), 1Kgs 22:8-26 (9 t.), || 2Chr 18:7-25 (7 t.) + v2Chr 18:8 Qr (Kt ‎מיכהו‎).

3. a contemporary of Jeremiah, Jer 36:11 (‎מִכָֽיְהוּ‎), vJer 36:13.

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