מיכיהו

Hebrew

Alternative forms

Etymology

Theophoric, from מִי (mí, “who”) +‎ כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) +‎ ־יהו (yáhu, “the Lord”), literally “Who is like Yahweh?”. Compare to מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl).

Proper noun

מִיכָיְהוּ • (mīḵāyᵊhū) m or מִיכָיָהוּ • (mīḵāyāhū) m or f

  1. (biblical) a male given name, Micaiah
  2. (biblical) Micaiah (a prophet in the court of King Ahab and possibly a disciple of Elijah in the Old Testament of the Bible in 1 Kings 22)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Μῐχαίᾱς (Mĭkhaíās)

References

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