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Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and means "He who is like God”. The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions . Suffix theophory in Yah and in Yahweh results in Michaiah or Michaihu ( Hebrew : מִיכָיְהוּ , Modern : Mikhayhu , Tiberian : Mîḵā́yhû ), meaning who is like Yahweh ...
Micah lived in a rural area, and often rebuked the corruption of city life in Israel and Judah. [2] Unlike prophets such as Isaiah and Hosea, no record of his father's name has been retained by the scribes, but it is likely that he was descended from the common people, as the target of his message was towards the privileged classes.
The Book of Micah is the sixth of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. [1] [a] Ostensibly, it records the sayings of Micah, whose name is Mikayahu (Hebrew: מִיכָיָ֫הוּ), meaning "Who is like Yahweh?", [3] an 8th-century BCE prophet from the village of Moresheth in Judah (Hebrew name from the opening verse: מיכה המרשתי).
Micah – Prophet in Judaism; Joel – Abrahamic prophet, author of the Book of Joel; Zephaniah – Biblical figure; Nahum – Minor prophet in the Bible; Habakkuk – Prophet of the Hebrew Bible; Urijah – Biblical prophet, son of Shemaiah; Jeremiah – Biblical prophet; Ezekiel – Prophet in the Abrahamic religions
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Masculine given name For a list of people with the given name, see List of people with given name Michael. For other uses, see Michael (disambiguation). Michael Archangel Michael Pronunciation German: [ˈmɪçaːʔeːl, -ʔɛl] Gender Male Origin Word/name Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל ...
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Micah is a Hebrew given name. Micah may also refer to: Book of Micah, in the Hebrew Bible, attributed to Micah the Prophet Micah (prophet), its attributed author; Micah, from Micah's Idol narrative in the Book of Judges (Bible) Micah Challenge UK, British anti-poverty coalition; Micah Clarke, 1889 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Twelve Minor Prophets (Hebrew: שנים עשר, Shneim Asar; Imperial Aramaic: תרי עשר, Trei Asar, "Twelve") (Ancient Greek: δωδεκαπρόφητον, "the Twelve Prophets"), or the Book of the Twelve, is a collection of prophetic books, written between about the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, which are in both the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Old Testament.