Word Study · Strong's H4321 · Hebrew
מִיכָיְהוּ
Mikayehu
me-kaw-yeh-hoo'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mîykâyᵉhûw
“Mikajah, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Mikajah, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Micah, Micaiah, Michaiah.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- מִיכָ֔יְהוּ6
- מִיכָ֖יְהוּ3
- מִיכָ֥יְהוּ2
- מִיכָ֑יְהוּ2
- מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃2
- לְמִיכָ֗יְהוּ1
- מִיכָ֗יְהוּ1
- מִיכָ֙יְהוּ֙1
- מִיכָ֣יְהוּ1
- מִכָ֨יְהוּ1
- מִכָ֔יְהוּ1
How it is rendered · 5
- Micaiah17
- [is] Micaiah1
- [was] Micaiah1
- O Micaiah1
- to Micaiah1
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)20
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 20
- HR/Npm · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 17:1מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃mikhayehuproper noun (a name)Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraimhere: [was] Micaiah
- Judges 17:4מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃mikhayehuproper noun (a name)So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.here: Micaiah
1 Kings9 occurrences
- 1 Kings 22:8מִיכָ֖יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.here: Micaiah
- 1 Kings 22:9מִיכָ֥יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”here: Micaiah
- 1 Kings 22:13מִיכָ֗יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”here: Micaiah
- 1 Kings 22:14מִיכָ֑יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”here: Micaiah
- 1 Kings 22:15מִיכָ֙יְהוּ֙mikhayehuproper 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 the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”here: O Micaiah
- 1 Kings 22:24מִיכָ֖יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”here: Micaiah
- 1 Kings 22:25מִיכָ֔יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”here: Micaiah
- 1 Kings 22:26מִיכָ֔יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,here: Micaiah
- 1 Kings 22:28מִיכָ֔יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”here: Micaiah
2 Chronicles8 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 18:7מִיכָ֣יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.here: [is] Micaiah
- 2 Chronicles 18:8מִיכָ֥יְהוּmikhahuproper noun (a name)So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”here: Micaiah
- 2 Chronicles 18:12לְמִיכָ֗יְהוּlemikhayehupreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”here: to Micaiah
- 2 Chronicles 18:13מִיכָ֑יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”here: Micaiah
- 2 Chronicles 18:23מִיכָ֖יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”here: Micaiah
- 2 Chronicles 18:24מִיכָ֔יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”here: Micaiah
- 2 Chronicles 18:25מִיכָ֔יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,here: Micaiah
- 2 Chronicles 18:27מִיכָ֔יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”here: Micaiah
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 36:11מִכָ֨יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,here: Micaiah
- Jeremiah 36:13מִכָ֔יְהוּmikhayehuproper noun (a name)And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.here: Micaiah