Word Study · Strong's H4317 · Hebrew
מִיכָאֵל
Mikael
me-kaw-ale'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mîykâʼêl
“Mikael, the name of an archangel and of nine Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Mikael, the name of an archangel and of nine Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Michael.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- מִֽיכָאֵ֡ל2
- וּמִיכָאֵ֧ל1
- וּמִיכָאֵ֣ל1
- וּמִיכָאֵ֖ל1
- מִיכָאֵ֛ל1
- מִיכָאֵ֥ל1
- מִֽיכָאֵ֗ל1
- מִיכָאֵ֖ל1
- מִֽיכָאֵ֜ל1
- מִֽיכָאֵ֑ל1
- מִיכָאֵֽל׃1
- מִיכָאֵֽל׃ ס1
How it is rendered · 2
- Michael10
- and Michael3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)10
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 10
- HC/Npm · 3
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Chronicles7 of 13 · 54%
- Daniel3 of 13 · 23%
- Numbers1 of 13 · 8%
- 2 Chronicles1 of 13 · 8%
- Ezra1 of 13 · 8%
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Numbers1 occurrence
1 Chronicles7 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 5:13מִֽיכָאֵ֡לmikhaelproper noun (a name)Their kinsmen by families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.here: Michael
- 1 Chronicles 5:14מִיכָאֵ֛לmikhaelproper noun (a name)These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.here: Michael
- 1 Chronicles 6:40מִיכָאֵ֥לmikhaelproper noun (a name)Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,here: Michael
- 1 Chronicles 7:3מִֽיכָאֵ֡לmikhaelproper noun (a name)The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah:here: Michael
- 1 Chronicles 8:16וּמִיכָאֵ֧לumikhaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.here: and Michael
- 1 Chronicles 12:20וּמִיכָאֵ֣לumikhaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.here: and Michael
- 1 Chronicles 27:18מִיכָאֵֽל׃ סmikhaelproper noun (a name)over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;here: Michael
Ezra1 occurrence
Daniel3 occurrences
- Daniel 10:13מִֽיכָאֵ֗לmikhaelproper noun (a name)However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.here: Michael
- Daniel 10:21מִיכָאֵ֖לmikhaelproper noun (a name)But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.here: Michael
- Daniel 12:1מִֽיכָאֵ֜לmikhaelproper noun (a name)“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.here: Michael