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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מִיכָיָה
מִיכָיָה
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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"- 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
- father of Achbor, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah
- one of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem