Micah

English

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Etymology

From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh), shortened form of מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkə/
• Rhymes: -aɪkə

Proper noun

Micah (plural Micahs)

2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Mic.

3. (biblical) Any of several men in the Old Testament:
   2. The minor prophet and author of the Book of Micah.
      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Micah 1:1:
        :

        The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

   3. An Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18 and protagonist of the Micah’s idol narrative. Also called Michas.
4. A unisex given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]
   1. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used since the 17th century.
      • 1959, James Michener, Hawaii, Corgi Books, published 1981, →ISBN, page 308:

        "We will call the boy Micah," he announced at last.
        "I had thought of some sweeter name, perhaps David," she suggested.
        "We will call him Micah," Abner replied.

   2. A female given name from Hebrew, of modern American usage.

Coordinate terms

• Michael (a name with the almost same meaning)

Derived terms

• Mica
• Mika

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Miga (af) Asturian: Miquees (ast) Basque: Mikeas (eu) Breton: Mic'ha (br) m Catalan: Miquees m Cebuano: Miqueas Chinese: Cantonese: 彌迦書 / 弥迦书 (nei4 gaa1 syu1, mei4 gaa1 syu1) Eastern Min: 米迦書 / 米迦书 (Mī-giă-cṳ̆) Mandarin: 彌迦書 / 弥迦书 (zh) (Míjiāshū) Corsican: Michea (co) Czech: Micheáš m Danish: Mika Dutch: Micha (nl) m Estonian: Miika raamat (et) Faroese: Mika (fo) m Finnish: Miika (fi) m French: Michée (fr) German: Micha (de) Greek: Μιχαίας (el) m (Michaías) Ancient: Μῐχαίᾱς m (Mĭkhaíās) Hawaiian: Mika Hebrew: (please verify) מִיכָה (he) (Mikha) Hungarian: Mikeás (hu) Icelandic: Míka m Ido: Mikaeas (io) m Irish: Leabhar Mhíocá m, Míocá (ga) m Italian: Michea (it) Japanese: ミカ書 (Mika sho) Kazakh: Миха (Mixa) Korean: 미가서 (migaseo) Latin: Michaeās (la) m Latvian: Miha (lv) m Limburgish: Micha Lithuanian: Michėjo knyga (lt) f Maltese: Ktieb Mikea Maori: Mika (mi) Ngazidja Comorian: Mika Norwegian: Mika (no) Polish: Księga Micheasza f Portuguese: Miqueias (pt) m, Micaías m Romanian: Mica m Scots: Micah Scottish Gaelic: Micah (gd) m Slovak: Micheáš m Slovene: Mihej (sl) Spanish: Miqueas (es) m Swahili: Mika (sw) class 4 Swedish: Mika Tagalog: Mikas (tl) m Vietnamese: Micae (Catholic), Mi-chê, Mica Waray-Waray: Miquéas m Welsh: Micha (cy) m West Frisian: Micha Zealandic: Micha

Biblical character: minor prophet and author

Afrikaans: Miga (af) Albanian: Mikea Asturian: Miquees (ast) Basque: Mikeas (eu) Breton: Mic'ha (br) m Bulgarian: Михей (Mihej) Cebuano: Miqueas Chinese: Eastern Min: 米迦 (Mī-giă) Mandarin: 彌迦 / 弥迦 (Míjiā) Corsican: Michea (co) Czech: Micheáš Danish: Mika Dutch: Micha (nl) Estonian: Miika Faroese: Mika (fo) m Finnish: Miika (fi) French: Michée (fr) German: Micha (de) Greek: Μιχαίας (el) m (Michaías) Ancient: Μῐχαίᾱς m (Mĭkhaíās) Hawaiian: Mika Hungarian: Mikeás (hu) Icelandic: Míka Ido: Mikaeas (io) m Irish: Míocá (ga) m Italian: Michea (it) Japanese: ミカ (Mika) Latin: Michaeās (la) m Latvian: Miha (lv) m Limburgish: Micha Lithuanian: Michėja m Norwegian: Mika (no) Polish: Micheasz (pl) m Portuguese: Miqueias (pt) m, Micaías m Romanian: Mica Russian: Михе́й (ru) m (Mixéj) Scots: Micah Scottish Gaelic: Micah (gd) m Slovak: Micheáš m Slovene: Mihej (sl) m Spanish: Miqueas (es) Swahili: Mika (sw) class 4 Swedish: Mika Tagalog: Mikas (tl) m Vietnamese: Micae (Catholic), Mi-chê, Mica Waray-Waray: Miquéas Welsh: Micha (cy) m West Frisian: Micha Zealandic: Micha

Biblical character: Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18

Afrikaans: Miga (af) Asturian: Micaíes Basque: Mikeas (eu) Breton: Mic'ha (br) m Cebuano: Miqueas Chinese: Eastern Min: 米迦 (Mī-giă) Corsican: Michea (co) Czech: Micheáš Danish: Mika Dutch: Micha (nl) m Estonian: Miika Faroese: Mika (fo) m Finnish: Miika (fi) m French: Michée (fr) German: Micha (de) Greek: Μιχαίας (el) m (Michaías) Ancient: Μῐχαίᾱς m (Mĭkhaíās) Hawaiian: Mika Hungarian: Mikeás (hu) Icelandic: Míka m Ido: Mikaeas (io) m Irish: Míocá (ga) m Italian: Michea (it) Japanese: ミカ (Mika) Latin: Michās m Latvian: Miha (lv) m Limburgish: Micha Lithuanian: Michėja m Norwegian: Mika (no) Polish: Micheasz (pl) m Portuguese: Miqueias (pt) Romanian: Mica m Scots: Micah Scottish Gaelic: Micah (gd) m Slovak: Micheáš m Slovene: Mihej (sl) m Spanish: Miqueas (es) Swahili: Mika (sw) class 4 Swedish: Mika Tagalog: Mikas (tl) m Waray-Waray: Miquéas Welsh: Micha (cy) m West Frisian: Micha Zealandic: Micha m

male given name

Afrikaans: Miga (af) Asturian: Miquees (ast) Basque: Mikeas (eu) Breton: Mic'ha (br) m Cebuano: Miqueas Chinese: Eastern Min: 米迦 (Mī-giă) Corsican: Michea (co) Czech: Micheáš Danish: Mika Dutch: Micha (nl) m Estonian: Miika Faroese: Mika (fo) m Finnish: Miika (fi) French: Michée (fr) German: Micha (de) Greek: Μιχαίας (el) m (Michaías) Ancient: Μῐχαίᾱς m (Mĭkhaíās) Hawaiian: Mika Hebrew: (please verify) מִיכָה (he) (Mikha) Hungarian: Mikeás (hu) Icelandic: Míka m Ido: Mikaeas (io) m Irish: Míocá (ga) m Italian: Michea (it) Japanese: ミカ (Mika) Latin: Michaeas (la) Latvian: Miha (lv) m Limburgish: Micha Lithuanian: Michėja m Norwegian: Mika (no) Polish: Micheasz (pl) m Portuguese: Miqueias (pt) Romanian: Mica m Russian: Михе́й (ru) m (Mixéj) Scots: Micah Slovak: Micheáš m Slovene: Mihej (sl) m Spanish: Miqueas (es) Swahili: Mika (sw) class 4 Swedish: Mika Tagalog: Mikas (tl) m Vietnamese: Micae (Catholic) Waray-Waray: Miquéas Welsh: Micha (cy) m West Frisian: Micha Zealandic: Micha

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: (please verify) ميخا Haitian Creole: (please verify) Miche Korean: (please verify) 미가 (miga) Mandarin: (please verify) 彌迦 / 弥迦 (Míjiā)

Anagrams

• Chaim, machi

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Micah m (genitive Mhicah)

1. (biblical) Micah
2. (biblical) Micah, the thirty-third book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

books of the Protestant Old Testamentedit

• Genesis
• Ecsodus
• Lebhiticus
• Àireamh
• Deuteronomi
• Iosua
• Britheamhan
• Rut
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Rìghrean
• 2 Rìghrean
• 1 Eachdraidh
• 2 Eachdraidh
• Esra
• Nehemiah
• Ester
• Iob
• Sailm
• Gnàth-fhacail
• Eclesiastes
• Dàn Sholaimh
• Isaiah
• Ieremiah
• Tuireadh
• Eseciel
• Daniel
• Hosèa
• Ioel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Ionah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habacuc
• Sephaniah
• Hagai
• Sechariah
• Malachi