מִיכָה Mîykâh

Meaning

Micah, the name of seven Israelites

In the King James Version: Micah, Micaiah, Michah.

Derivation: an abbreviated form of H4320 (מִיכָיָה);

Where it is used

• Judges 17:5 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.
• Judges 17:8 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.
• Judges 17:9 “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.”
• Judges 17:10 “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 in
• Judges 17:12 Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
• Judges 17:13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
• Judges 18:2 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.
• Judges 18:3 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?”
• Judges 18:4 “Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
• Judges 18:13 And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
• Judges 18:15 So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
• Judges 18:18 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?”
• Judges 18:22 After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
• Judges 18:23 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?”
• Judges 18:26 So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
• Judges 18:27 After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
• Judges 18:31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
• 1 Chronicles 5:5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
• 1 Chronicles 8:34 The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
• 1 Chronicles 8:35 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
• 1 Chronicles 9:40 The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.
• 1 Chronicles 9:41 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
• 1 Chronicles 23:20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second.
• 1 Chronicles 24:24 From the sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.
• 1 Chronicles 24:25 The brother of Micah: Isshiah; from the sons of Isshiah: Zechariah.
• 2 Chronicles 18:14 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 delivered into your hand.”
• 2 Chronicles 34:20 and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
• Nehemiah 11:17 Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
• Jeremiah 26:18 “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
• Micah 1:1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem: