מִיכָיְהוּ Mîykâyᵉhûw

Meaning

Mikajah, the name of three Israelites

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

Derivation: or מִכָיְהוּ; (Jeremiah 36:11), abbreviated form for H4322 (מִיכָיָהוּ);

Where it is used

• Judges 17:1 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
• Judges 17:4 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.
• 1 Kings 22:8 The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of 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.
• 1 Kings 22:9 So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
• 1 Kings 22:13 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.”
• 1 Kings 22:14 But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
• 1 Kings 22:15 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 deliver it into the hand of the king.”
• 1 Kings 22:24 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?”
• 1 Kings 22:25 Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
• 1 Kings 22:26 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,
• 1 Kings 22:28 But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
• 2 Chronicles 18:7 The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of 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.
• 2 Chronicles 18:8 So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
• 2 Chronicles 18:12 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.”
• 2 Chronicles 18:13 But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
• 2 Chronicles 18:23 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?”
• 2 Chronicles 18:24 Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
• 2 Chronicles 18:25 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,
• 2 Chronicles 18:27 But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
• Jeremiah 36:11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,
• Jeremiah 36:13 And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.