Word Study · Strong's H4318 · Hebrew
מִיכָה
Mikah
mee-kaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mîykâh
“Micah, the name of seven Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Micah, the name of seven Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Micah, Micaiah, Michah.
- 33occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 33 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- מִיכָ֔ה7
- מִיכָה֙5
- מִיכָ֑ה5
- מִיכָ֖ה4
- מִיכָֽה׃3
- מִיכָ֜ה2
- מִיכָ֗ה2
- לְמִיכָ֔ה1
- מִיכָ֥ה1
- מִיכָ֣ה1
- מִ֠יכָה1
- מִיכָֽה׃ ס1
How it is rendered · 3
- Micah31
- O Micah1
- to Micah1
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)32
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 32
- HR/Npm · 1
All 33, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Judges19 of 33 · 58%
- 1 Chronicles9 of 33 · 27%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 33 · 6%
- Nehemiah1 of 33 · 3%
- Jeremiah1 of 33 · 3%
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Judges19 occurrences
- Judges 17:5מִיכָ֔הmikhahproper noun (a name)Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.here: Micah
- Judges 17:8מִיכָ֖הmikhahproper noun (a name)This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.here: Micah
- Judges 17:9מִיכָ֖הmikhahproper noun (a name)“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”here: Micah
- Judges 17:10מִיכָ֜הmikhahproper noun (a name)“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went inhere: Micah
- Judges 17:12מִיכָה֙mikhahproper noun (a name)Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.here: Micah
- Judges 17:12מִיכָֽה׃mikhahproper noun (a name)Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.here: Micah
- Judges 17:13מִיכָ֔הmikhahproper noun (a name)Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”here: Micah
- Judges 18:2מִיכָ֔הmikhahproper noun (a name)So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.here: Micah
- Judges 18:3מִיכָ֔הmikhahproper noun (a name)And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”here: Micah
- Judges 18:4מִיכָ֑הmikhahproper noun (a name)“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”here: Micah
- Judges 18:13מִיכָֽה׃mikhahproper noun (a name)And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.here: Micah
- Judges 18:15מִיכָ֑הmikhahproper noun (a name)So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.here: Micah
- Judges 18:18מִיכָ֔הmikhahproper noun (a name)When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”here: Micah
- Judges 18:22מִיכָ֑הmikhahproper noun (a name)After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.here: Micah
- Judges 18:22מִיכָ֔הmikhahproper noun (a name)After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.here: Micah
- Judges 18:23לְמִיכָ֔הlemikhahpreposition + proper noun (a name)When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”here: to Micah
- Judges 18:26מִיכָ֗הmikhahproper noun (a name)So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.here: Micah
- Judges 18:27מִיכָ֗הmikhahproper noun (a name)After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.here: Micah
- Judges 18:31מִיכָ֖הmikhahproper noun (a name)So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.here: Micah
1 Chronicles9 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 5:5מִיכָ֥הmikhahproper noun (a name)Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,here: Micah
- 1 Chronicles 8:34מִיכָֽה׃ סmikhahproper noun (a name)The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.here: Micah
- 1 Chronicles 8:35מִיכָ֑הmikhahproper noun (a name)The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.here: Micah
- 1 Chronicles 9:40מִיכָֽה׃mikhahproper noun (a name)The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.here: Micah
- 1 Chronicles 9:41מִיכָ֑הmikhahproper noun (a name)The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.here: Micah
- 1 Chronicles 23:20מִיכָ֣הmikhahproper noun (a name)The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second.here: Micah
- 1 Chronicles 24:24מִיכָ֔הmikhahproper noun (a name)From the sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.here: Micah
- 1 Chronicles 24:24מִיכָ֖הmikhahproper noun (a name)From the sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.here: Micah
- 1 Chronicles 24:25מִיכָה֙mikhahproper noun (a name)The brother of Micah: Isshiah; from the sons of Isshiah: Zechariah.here: Micah
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 18:14מִיכָה֙mikhahproper noun (a name)When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be given into your hand.”here: O Micah
- 2 Chronicles 34:20מִיכָ֜הmikhahproper noun (a name)and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:here: Micah