Mîykâh — H4318

H4318 · Hebrew — מיכה

Pronunciation: mee-kaw'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Micah, the name of seven Israelites

  1. Micah or Micaiah or Michah = "who is like God"
  2. 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
  3. an Ephraimite during the period of the judges
  4. a descendant of Joel the Reubenite
  5. son of Meribbaal and grandson of Jonathan
  6. a Kohathite Levite, the eldest son of Uzziel the brother of Amram
  7. father of Abdon, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah
  8. son of Imlah and a prophet of Samaria who predicted the defeat and death of king Ahab of Israel

Usually translated as

Micah, Michah, Micaiah

Origin

an abbreviated form of H4320

Occurrences

Mîykâh occurs 32 times in 29 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (17), 1 Chronicles (8), 2 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (1), Micah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M