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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מִיכָיָה

מִיכָיָה

H4320

Transliteration: Mîykâyâh

Pronunciation: me-kaw-yaw'

Definition: Micah


Original: מיכיה

Transliteration: mı̂ykâyâh

Phonetic: me-kaw-yaw'

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: from H4310" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4310 and (the prefix derivative from) H3588" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3588 and H3050" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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