Strong’s H4318 · Hebrew

מִיכָה
Mîykâh
mee-kaw'

Definition

Micah, the name of seven Israelites

Etymology

an abbreviated form of H4320 (מִיכָיָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Micah
  • Micaiah
  • Michah

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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