English Explanatory Dictionary

Micah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
  2. Any of several men in the Old Testament:
  3. The minor prophet and author of the Book of Micah.
  4. An Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18 and protagonist of the Micah’s idol narrative. Also called Michas.
  5. A unisex given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew].
  6. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used since the 17th century.
  7. A female given name from Hebrew, of modern American usage.

Pronunciation

/ˈmaɪkə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mica.wav

Word forms

Micah Micahs

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Mic.

Derived words

Mica Mika

Translations

Afrikaans: Miga Asturian: Miquees Basque: Mikeas Breton: Mic'ha Catalan: Miquees Cebuano: Miqueas Chinese Cantonese: 彌迦書 /弥迦书 Eastern Min Chinese: 米迦書 /米迦书 Eastern Min Chinese: 米迦 Chinese Mandarin: 彌迦書 /弥迦书 Ngazidja Comorian: Mika Corsican: Michea Czech: Micheáš Danish: Mika Dutch: Micha Estonian: Miika raamat Estonian: Miika Faroese: Mika Finnish: Miika French: Michée West-Frisian: Micha German: Micha Greek: Μιχαίας Ancient Greek: Μῐχαίᾱς Hawaiian: Mika Hebrew: מִיכָה Hindi: मीका Hindi: माइका Hungarian: Mikeás Icelandic: Míka Ido: Mikaeas Irish: Leabhar Mhíocá Irish: Míocá Italian: Michea Japanese: ミカ書 Japanese: ミカ Kazakh: Миха Korean: 미가서 Latin: Michaeās Latin: Michaeas Latvian: Miha Limburgish: Micha Lithuanian: Michėjo knyga Lithuanian: Michėja Malay: Mikha Maltese: Ktieb Mikea Māori: Mika
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