Mîykâyᵉhûw — H4321

Definition

masculine proper noun

Mikajah, the name of three Israelites

1. Micah or Micaiah or Michaiah = "who is like God"
2. an Ephraimite during the period of the judges
3. son of Imlah and a prophet of Samaria who predicted the defeat and death of king Ahab of Israel
4. son of Gemariah in the time of Jeremiah

Usually translated as

Micaiah, Micah, Michaiah

Origin

or Mikâyᵉhûw; (Jeremiah 36:11), abbreviated form for H4322

• Mîykâyâhûw (H4322)

Occurrences

Mîykâyᵉhûw occurs 20 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2), 1 Kings (9), 2 Chronicles (7), Jeremiah (2)

• Judges 17:1 — And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah (מִיכָֽיְהוּ).
• Judges 17:4 — Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah (מִיכָֽיְהוּ).
• 1 Kings 22:8 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah (מִיכָ֖יְהוּ) the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
• 1 Kings 22:9 — Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah (מִיכָ֥יְהוּ) the son of Imlah.
• 1 Kings 22:13 — And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah (מִיכָ֗יְהוּ) spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
• 1 Kings 22:14 — And Micaiah (מִיכָ֑יְהוּ) said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
• 1 Kings 22:15 — So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah (מִיכָ֙יְהוּ֙), shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
• 1 Kings 22:24 — But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah (מִיכָ֖יְהוּ) on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
• 1 Kings 22:25 — And Micaiah (מִיכָ֔יְהוּ) said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
• 1 Kings 22:26 — And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah (מִיכָ֔יְהוּ), and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
• 1 Kings 22:28 — And Micaiah (מִיכָ֔יְהוּ) said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
• 2 Chronicles 18:7 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah (מִיכָ֣יְהוּ) the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
• 2 Chronicles 18:12 — And the messenger that went to call Micaiah (לְמִיכָ֗יְהוּ) spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
• 2 Chronicles 18:13 — And Micaiah (מִיכָ֑יְהוּ) said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
• 2 Chronicles 18:23 — Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah (מִיכָ֖יְהוּ) upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
• 2 Chronicles 18:24 — And Micaiah (מִיכָ֔יְהוּ) said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
• 2 Chronicles 18:25 — Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah (מִיכָ֔יְהוּ), and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
• 2 Chronicles 18:27 — And Micaiah (מִיכָ֔יְהוּ) said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
• Jeremiah 36:11 — When Michaiah (מִכָ֨יְהוּ) the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
• Jeremiah 36:13 — Then Michaiah (מִכָ֔יְהוּ) declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.