מיכיהו

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• מִיכָיָה (mīḵāyāh)

Etymology

Theophoric, from מִי (mí, “who”) +‎ כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) +‎ ־יהו (yáhu, “the Lord”), literally “Who is like Yahweh?”. Compare to מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl).

Proper noun

מִיכָיְהוּ • (mīḵāyᵊhū) m or מִיכָיָהוּ • (mīḵāyāhū) m or f

1. (biblical) a male given name, Micaiah
2. (biblical) Micaiah (a prophet in the court of King Ahab and possibly a disciple of Elijah in the Old Testament of the Bible in 1 Kings 22)

Derived terms

• מִיכָה (mīḵāh, “Micah”)

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Μῐχαίᾱς (Mĭkhaíās)
  • Latin: Michaeās

References

• H4320 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H4321 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H4322 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible