מִיכָיָהוּMîykâyâhûw

proper name: Who is like Yah?

Pronunciation: me-kaw-yaw'-hoo · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4322

Meanings

1. a prince under Jehosh. (2 Chronicles 17:7)

2. Of this name, the following are abbreviated, or softened, forms (2 Chronicles 13:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:2 He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. Then war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.
  • 2 Chronicles 17:7 In the third year of his reign Jehoshaphat sent his officials to teach in all the towns of Judah. These officials included Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah.

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).