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HebrewH4318Proper Noun (Masculine)

מִיכָה

mi.khah

30Occurrences
H4318Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Micah, the name of seven Israelites

an abbreviated form of H4320 (מִיכָיָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Also named: mi.kha.ye.hu (*מִיכָֽיְהוּ *"Micah" H4321I) § Micah or Micaiah or Michah = "who is like God" 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 ) 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מִיכָה appears 30 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
17
1 Chronicles
8
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 23:20BSB

The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second.

1 Chronicles 9:40BSB

The son of Jonathan:Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.

Judges 17:9BSB

“Where are you from?” Micah asked him.“I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”

Judges 18:4BSB

“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”

Judges 18:26BSB

So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.