1. Michael (personal name) — A Hebrew proper masculine name (מִיכָאֵל) meaning 'who is like God?', referring to several biblical figures: (1) the father of Sethur the Asherite spy (Num 13:13), (2) a Gadite chief in Bashan (1 Chr 5:13-14), (3) a Gershonite Levite ancestor of Asaph (1 Chr 6:25), (4) an Issacharite chief (1 Chr 7:3), (5) a Benjaminite (1 Chr 8:16), (6) a Manassite who joined David (1 Chr 12:21), (7) father of Omri of Issachar (1 Chr 27:18), (8) a son of Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 21:2), (9) father of Zebadiah (Ezra 8:8), and (10) the archangel (Dan 10:13,21; 12:1). Multilingual signatures are consistent: eng 'Michael/Mikhael', spa 'Micael/Miguel', arb 'ميكائيل', kor '미가엘', swa 'Mikaeli'. Both clusters represent identical name forms with or without conjunctions. 13×
AR["ميكائيل","مِيخَائِيلَ","مِيخَائِيلُ","مِيكائِيل","وَمِيخَائِيل","وَمِيكَائِيلُ"]·ben["আর-মীখায়েল","এবং-মীখায়েল","ও-মীখায়েল","মীখায়েল","মীখায়েলের","মীখায়েলের।"]·DE["Michael","[מיכאל]","und-Michael"]·EN["Michael","Mikha'el","Mikhael","and-Mikhael"]·FR["Micaël","Michael","[מיכאל]","et-Micaël"]·heb["ו-מיכאל","מיכאל"]·HI["और-मीकाएल","मीकाएल","मीकाएल-का"]·ID["-Mikhael","Dan-Mikhael","Mikhael","dan-Mikhael"]·IT["Micael","Michael","Michele","e-Micael"]·jav["Mikaèl","Mikhael","Mikhaèl","Mikhaél","lan-Mikhaèl"]·KO["그-와-미가엘","그리고-미가엘","미가엘","미가엘-의","미가엘이"]·PT["E-Michael","Micael","Mikael","Mikha'el","Mikhael","e-Michael","e-Mikhael"]·RU["Михаил","Михаила","Михаэль","Михаэля","и-Михаил","и-Михаэль"]·ES["Micael","Miguel","Mikhael","Y-Micael","y-Micael"]·SW["Mikaeli","Na-Mikaeli","na-Mikaeli","wa-Mikaeli"]·TR["Mikael","Mikael'in","Mikaelin","Ve-Mikael","ve-Mikael"]·urd["اور-میکائیل","میکائیل","میکائیل-کا"]
Num 13:13, 1 Chr 5:13, 1 Chr 5:14, 1 Chr 6:40, 1 Chr 7:3, 1 Chr 8:16, 1 Chr 12:21, 1 Chr 27:18, 2 Chr 21:2, Ezra 8:8, Dan 10:13, Dan 10:21 (+1 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִיכָאֵל † מִיכָאֵל n.pr.m. Michael, 𝔊 Μειχαηλ, Μιχαηλ (Who is like God? cf. מִיכָיָהוּ, and Assyrian proper names, as Mannu-kî-Rammân, ‘Who is like Rammân?’ Mannu-kî-ilu-rabû, ‘Who is like the great God?’ DlProl. 210; HWB 419; SchrCOT 478; cf. CookAramaic Gloss. 74):— 1. Nu 13:13 (P). 2. 1 Ch 5:13. 3. 5:14. 4. 6:25. 5. 7:3. 6. 8:16. 7. 12:21. 8. 27:18. 9. 2 Ch 21:2. 10. Ezr 8:8. 11. the ‘prince,’ or patron-angel, of Israel, Dn 10:13, 21; 12:1 (cf. Jude 9 Rev 12:7; LevyNHWB iii, 100).