Strong’s H4321 · Hebrew

מִיכָיְהוּ
Mîykâyᵉhûw
me-kaw-yeh-hoo'

Definition

Mikajah, the name of three Israelites

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

  • Micah
  • Micaiah
  • Michaiah

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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