Micah

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Micah (Hebrew: מִיכָה, Standard Miḫa Tiberian Mîḵāh) is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and means who is like God, possibly in the sense of unique.

The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in Yah and in Yahweh results in Michaiah or Michaihu (Hebrew: מִיכַיְהוּ, Standard Miḫayhu Tiberian Mîḵayhû), meaning who is like YHWH?, or possibly "one who is like YHWH". Suffix theophory in El results in Michael (Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל, Standard Miḫaʾel Tiberian Mîḵāʾēl), meaning who is like God?, or possibly one who is like God;

The men with this name in the Bible are:

• Micah, the titular prophet of the Book of Micah, also called "The Morasthite" to distinguish him from Micaiah, the son of Imlah.
• A prophet named Michaiah, the son of Imlah, who gave a negative prophesy to Ahab on his request^[1]
• A man of Mount Ephraim, appearing in the story of Micah's Idol within the Book of Judges
• The son of Meribaal, still a child when his father was invited to David's house. His children are named in the Book of Chronicles as Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. (1 Chronicles 8:33-35;9:39-41)
• Men in the genealogical lists of the Book of Chronicles:
  • The first in rank of the priests of the family of Kohathites (1 Chronicles 23:20).
  • A descendant of Joel the Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:5)

Micah can also refer to:

• Micah (novel), a novel by Laurell K. Hamilton.
• Micah Jenkins, a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
• Micah Owings, a major league baseball pitcher (& pinch hitter)
• Micah Sanders, a character in the Heroes TV Series.
• Micah Wright, an American author

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• This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.