Definition

Micajah, the name of two Israelites

Etymology

from H4310 (מִי) and (the prefix derivative from) H3588 (כִּי) and H3050 (יָהּ); who (is) like Jah?;

Where the KJV renders it

• Micah
• Michaiah. Compare H4318 (מִיכָה)

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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