H4320: מִיכָיָה
Mîykâyâh · pronounced me-kaw-yaw' · “Micaiah”
Definition
Micajah, the name of two Israelites
KJV translates it as: Micah, Michaiah. Compare H4318 (מִיכָה).
Word origin: from H4310 (מִי) and (the prefix derivative from) H3588 (כִּי) and H3050 (יָהּ); who (is) like Jah?;
Extended definition
father of: Achbor (H5907H); also called Micah at 2Ch.34.20;
Also named: mi.khah (מִיכָה "Micah" H4318M)
§ Micah or Michaiah = "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) father of Achbor, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah
3) one of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4320 is translated
- micaiah ×3
Bible verses with H4320 (Mîykâyâh)
Mîykâyâh appears in 3 verses.
- 2 Kings 22:12
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
- Nehemiah 12:35
And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
- Nehemiah 12:41
And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;