מִיכָיָהMîykâyâh
Micajah, the name of two Israelites
Pronunciation: me-kaw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4320
Meanings
1. the canonical prophet, Micah (Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1)
Same root
- מִיmîy · H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- כִּיkîy · H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- יָהּYâhh · H3050Jah, the sacred name
- מִיכָהMîykâh · H4318Micah, the name of seven Israelites
- מִיכָיָהוּMîykâyâhûw · H4322Mikajah, the name of an Israelite and an Israelitess
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 22:12 Then he gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the court secretary, and Asaiah the king’s personal adviser:
- Nehemiah 12:35 Then came some priests who played trumpets, including Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, a descendant of Asaph.
- Nehemiah 12:41 We went together with the trumpet-playing priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).