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mīxā מִיכָה ‘Micah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: an abbreviation for mīxāyā מִיכָיָה ‘Micaiah’
Roots: מיכיה

mīxā pr n m pers
Micah or Micaiah or Michah = "who is like God"
1) the 6th in order of the minor prophets; a native of Moresheth, he prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, and was contemporary with the prophets Hosea, Amos, and Isaiah
2) an Ephraimite during the period of the judges
3) a descendant of Joel the Reubenite
4) son of Meribbaal and grandson of Jonathan
5) a Kohathite Levite, the eldest son of Uzziel the brother of Amram
6) father of Abdon, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah
7) son of Imlah and a prophet of Samaria who predicted the defeat and death of king Ahab of Israel

Mentioned in Judges 17:10, 17:5, 17:9, 17:8, 18:2, 18:4, 18:15, 18:18, 18:23, 18:26, 18:31, 17:13, 18:3, 18:22, 18:13, 18:27, 17:12 Micah 1:1 Nehemiah 11:17 1 Chronicles 24:25, 8:35, 8:34, 9:40, 5:5, 9:41, 23:20, 24:24 2 Chronicles 18:8, 34:20, 18:14

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