Micah

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkə/
Rhymes: -aɪkə

Proper noun

Micah (plural Micahs)

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
Synonym: (abbreviation) Mic.
(biblical) Any of several men in the Old Testament:
2. The minor prophet and author of the Book of Micah.
  - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Micah 1:1:
    :
    The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
3. An Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18 and protagonist of the Micah’s idol narrative. Also called Michas.
A unisex given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]
1. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used since the 17th century.
  - 1959, James Michener, Hawaii, Corgi Books, published 1981, →ISBN, page 308:
    "We will call the boy Micah," he announced at last.
    "I had thought of some sweeter name, perhaps David," she suggested.
    "We will call him Micah," Abner replied.
2. A female given name from Hebrew, of modern American usage.

Coordinate terms

Michael (a name with the almost same meaning)

Derived terms

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Miga (af)
Asturian: Miquees (ast)
Basque: Mikeas (eu)
Breton: Mic'ha (br) m
Catalan: Miquees m
Cebuano: Miqueas
Chinese:
Cantonese: 彌迦書 / 弥迦书 (nei⁴ gaa¹ syu¹, mei⁴ gaa¹ syu¹)

Eastern Min: 米迦書 / 米迦书 (Mī-giă-cṳ̆)

Mandarin: 彌迦書 / 弥迦书 (zh) (Míjiāshū)
Corsican: Michea (co)
Czech: Micheáš m
Danish: Mika
Dutch: Micha (nl) m
Estonian: Miika raamat (et)
Faroese: Mika (fo) m
Finnish: Miika (fi) m
French: Michée (fr)
German: Micha (de)
Greek: Μιχαίας (el) m (Michaías)
Ancient: Μῐχαίᾱς m (Mikhaíās)
Hawaiian: Mika
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} מִיכָה (he) (Mikha)
Hungarian: Mikeás (hu)
Icelandic: Míka m
Ido: Mikaeas (io) m
Irish: Leabhar Mhíocá m, Míocá (ga) m
Italian: Michea (it)
Japanese: ミカ書 (Mika sho)
Kazakh: Миха (Mixa)
Korean: 미가서 (migaseo)
Latin: Michaeās (la) m
Latvian: Miha (lv) m
Limburgish: Micha
Lithuanian: Michėjo knyga (lt) f
Maltese: Ktieb Mikea
Maori: Mika (mi)
Ngazidja Comorian: Mika
Norwegian: Mika (no)
Polish: Księga Micheasza f
Portuguese: Miqueias (pt) m, Micaías m
Romanian: Mica m
Scots: Micah
Scottish Gaelic: Micah (gd) m
Slovak: Micheáš m
Slovene: Mihej (sl)
Spanish: Miqueas (es) m
Swahili: Mika (sw) class 4
Swedish: Mika
Tagalog: Mikas (tl) m
Vietnamese: Micae (Catholic), Mi-chê, Mica
Waray-Waray: Miquéas m
Welsh: Micha (cy) m
West Frisian: Micha
Zealandic: Micha

Biblical character: minor prophet and author

Afrikaans: Miga (af)
Albanian: Mikea
Asturian: Miquees (ast)
Basque: Mikeas (eu)
Breton: Mic'ha (br) m
Bulgarian: Михей (Mihej)
Cebuano: Miqueas
Chinese:
Eastern Min: 米迦 (Mī-giă)

Mandarin: 彌迦 / 弥迦 (Míjiā)
Corsican: Michea (co)
Czech: Micheáš
Danish: Mika
Dutch: Micha (nl)
Estonian: Miika
Faroese: Mika (fo) m
Finnish: Miika (fi)
French: Michée (fr)
German: Micha (de)
Greek: Μιχαίας (el) m (Michaías)
Ancient: Μῐχαίᾱς m (Mikhaíās)
Hawaiian: Mika
Hungarian: Mikeás (hu)
Icelandic: Míka
Ido: Mikaeas (io) m
Irish: Míocá (ga) m
Italian: Michea (it)
Japanese: ミカ (Mika)
Latin: Michaeās (la) m
Latvian: Miha (lv) m
Limburgish: Micha
Lithuanian: Michėja m
Norwegian: Mika (no)
Polish: Micheasz (pl) m
Portuguese: Miqueias (pt) m, Micaías m
Romanian: Mica
Russian: Михе́й (ru) m (Mixéj)
Scots: Micah
Scottish Gaelic: Micah (gd) m
Slovak: Micheáš m
Slovene: Mihej (sl) m
Spanish: Miqueas (es)
Swahili: Mika (sw) class 4
Swedish: Mika
Tagalog: Mikas (tl) m
Vietnamese: Micae (Catholic), Mi-chê, Mica
Waray-Waray: Miquéas
Welsh: Micha (cy) m
West Frisian: Micha
Zealandic: Micha

Biblical character: Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18

Afrikaans: Miga (af)
Asturian: Micaíes
Basque: Mikeas (eu)
Breton: Mic'ha (br) m
Cebuano: Miqueas
Chinese:
Eastern Min: 米迦 (Mī-giă)
Corsican: Michea (co)
Czech: Micheáš
Danish: Mika
Dutch: Micha (nl) m
Estonian: Miika
Faroese: Mika (fo) m
Finnish: Miika (fi) m
French: Michée (fr)
German: Micha (de)
Greek: Μιχαίας (el) m (Michaías)
Ancient: Μῐχαίᾱς m (Mikhaíās)
Hawaiian: Mika
Hungarian: Mikeás (hu)
Icelandic: Míka m
Ido: Mikaeas (io) m
Irish: Míocá (ga) m
Italian: Michea (it)
Japanese: ミカ (Mika)
Latin: Michās m
Latvian: Miha (lv) m
Limburgish: Micha
Lithuanian: Michėja m
Norwegian: Mika (no)
Polish: Micheasz (pl) m
Portuguese: Miqueias (pt)
Romanian: Mica m
Scots: Micah
Scottish Gaelic: Micah (gd) m
Slovak: Micheáš m
Slovene: Mihej (sl) m
Spanish: Miqueas (es)
Swahili: Mika (sw) class 4
Swedish: Mika
Tagalog: Mikas (tl) m
Waray-Waray: Miquéas
Welsh: Micha (cy) m
West Frisian: Micha
Zealandic: Micha m

male given name

Afrikaans: Miga (af)
Asturian: Miquees (ast)
Basque: Mikeas (eu)
Breton: Mic'ha (br) m
Cebuano: Miqueas
Chinese:
Eastern Min: 米迦 (Mī-giă)
Corsican: Michea (co)
Czech: Micheáš
Danish: Mika
Dutch: Micha (nl) m
Estonian: Miika
Faroese: Mika (fo) m
Finnish: Miika (fi)
French: Michée (fr)
German: Micha (de)
Greek: Μιχαίας (el) m (Michaías)
Ancient: Μῐχαίᾱς m (Mikhaíās)
Hawaiian: Mika
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} מִיכָה (he) (Mikha)
Hungarian: Mikeás (hu)
Icelandic: Míka m
Ido: Mikaeas (io) m
Irish: Míocá (ga) m
Italian: Michea (it)
Japanese: ミカ (Mika)
Latin: Michaeas (la)
Latvian: Miha (lv) m
Limburgish: Micha
Lithuanian: Michėja m
Norwegian: Mika (no)
Polish: Micheasz (pl) m
Portuguese: Miqueias (pt)
Romanian: Mica m
Russian: Михе́й (ru) m (Mixéj)
Scots: Micah
Slovak: Micheáš m
Slovene: Mihej (sl) m
Spanish: Miqueas (es)
Swahili: Mika (sw) class 4
Swedish: Mika
Tagalog: Mikas (tl) m
Vietnamese: Micae (Catholic)
Waray-Waray: Miquéas
Welsh: Micha (cy) m
West Frisian: Micha
Zealandic: Micha

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} ميخا
Haitian Creole: ^{(please verify)} Miche
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 미가 (miga)
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 彌迦 / 弥迦 (Míjiā)

Anagrams

Chaim, machi

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Micah m (genitive Mhicah)

(biblical) Micah
(biblical) Micah, the thirty-third book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

(Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament) Genesis, Ecsodus, Lebhiticus, Àireamh, Deuteronomi, Iosua, Britheamhan, Rut, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Rìghrean, 2 Rìghrean, 1 Eachdraidh, 2 Eachdraidh, Esra, Nehemiah, Ester, Iob, Sailm, Gnàth-fhacail, Eclesiastes, Dàn Sholaimh, Isaiah, Ieremiah, Tuireadh, Eseciel, Daniel, Hosèa, Ioel, Amos, Obadiah, Ionah, Micah, Nahum, Habacuc, Sephaniah, Hagai, Sechariah, Malachi ^{(Category: gd:Books of the Bible)}