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HebrewH4324Proper Noun (Feminine)

מִיכַל

mi.khal

17Occurrences
H4324Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Mikal, Saul's daughter

apparently the same as H4323 (מִיכָל); revulet;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Saul (H7586G) and Ahinoam (H0293); married to David (H1732) and Palti (H6406H); sister of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444) and Merab (H4764); half-brother of: Ish-bosheth (H0378), Armoni (H0764) and Mephibosheth (H4648H) § Michal = "who is like God" daughter of king Saul, sister of Jonathan, wife of king David, and mother of five; given to David as wife for the bride price of 100 Philistine foreskins; while still married to David, her father gave her in marriage to another, Phaltiel; at the death of Saul, David forced her to return

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

מִיכַל appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
9
2 Samuel
7
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:29BSB

As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

1 Samuel 18:27BSB

David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.

1 Samuel 19:12BSB

So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

1 Samuel 25:44BSB

But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

2 Samuel 3:14BSB

Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

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