Micah

Micah (/ˈmikə/; Hebrew: מִיכָה, Modern: Mikha, Tiberian: Mîḵā) is a given name.

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Micah (disambiguation).

Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and means "Who is like God?" The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in Yah and in Yahweh results in Michaiah or Michaihu (Hebrew: מִיכָיְהוּ, Modern: Mikhayhu, Tiberian: Mîḵā́yhû), meaning who is like Yahweh?[1] Suffix theophory in El results in Michael (Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל, Modern: Mikha'el, Tiberian: Mîḵāʼēl), meaning "who is like god".

In German and Dutch, Micah is spelled Micha and the ch in the name is pronounced either [ʃ] or [x]; the first is more common in female names, the latter in male names. The name is not as common as Michael or Michiel.

Bible
  • Micah (prophet), eponymous prophet of the Book of Micah in the Old Testament
  • Micaiah, a prophet and the son of Imlah, who gave a negative prophecy to Ahab on his request
  • A man of Mount Ephraim, appearing in the story of Micah's Idol
  • The son of Meribaal (or Mephibosheth), still a child when his father was invited to David's house, grandson of Jonathan (1 Samuel), great-grandson of King Saul

Fiction

People

See also

References
  1. New Bible Dictionary, second edition. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA.

Sources
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Micah" . Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
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