Mîykâyâh — H4320

Definition

masculine proper noun

Micajah, the name of two Israelites

1. Micah or Michaiah = "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. father of Achbor, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah
4. one of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem

Usually translated as

Michaiah, Micah

Origin

from H4310 and (the prefix derivative from) H3588 and H3050; who (is) like Jah?

• Derived from Mîy (H4310)
• Derived from Kîy (H3588)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Mîykâyâh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Nehemiah (2), Jeremiah (1)

• 2 Kings 22:12 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah (מִיכָיָ֜ה), and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
• Nehemiah 12:35 — And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah (מִ֣יכָיָ֔ה), the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
• Nehemiah 12:41 — And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah (מִיכָיָ֧ה), Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
• Jeremiah 26:18 — Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.