H4322 H4322
Micaiah (personal name, variant form)
A variant spelling of the theophoric name meaning 'who is like Yahweh?' This particular form appears for two different individuals: a prince under King Jehoshaphat and (in a disputed reading) possibly as an alternate for Maacah. The name's multiple forms and spellings across biblical texts reflect normal variation in ancient Hebrew orthography, where the same name could be written differently. The theological import remains constant—a rhetorical affirmation of Yahweh's uniqueness—while the spelling varies.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name appearing in 2 Chronicles 13:2 and 17:7. The first reference is likely a scribal variant for Maacah (as many translations note). The second refers to a prince commissioned by Jehoshaphat to teach the law in Judah's cities. This spelling variant of the common theophoric name ('who is like Yahweh?') demonstrates orthographic flexibility. Cross-linguistic evidence shows transliteration challenges, with some preserving the Hebrew and others rendering as Micaiah/Mijayahu. 2×
AR["ميخايا", "وَلِ-مِيكَايَا"]·ben["ও-মীখায়কে", "মীখায়াহু"]·DE["Michajahu", "[ולמיכיהו]"]·EN["Micaiah", "and-to-Micaiah"]·FR["[ולמיכיהו]", "[מיכיהו]"]·heb["ו-ל-מיכיהו", "מיכיהו"]·HI["और-को-मीखाया", "मीखाया"]·ID["Mikhaya", "dan-Mikhaya"]·IT["[ולמיכיהו]", "[מיכיהו]"]·jav["Mikhaya", "lan-dhumateng-Mikhaya"]·KO["그리고-에게-미가야", "미가야후"]·PT["Mikayahu", "e-a-Mikhayahu"]·RU["Михайя", "и-к-Михайаху"]·ES["Mijayahu", "y-para-Mijayahu"]·SW["Mikaya", "na-kwa-Mikaya"]·TR["Mikhayahu", "ve-Mikhayahu'ya"]·urd["اور-میکایاہو", "میکایاہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִיכָיָ֫הוּ n.pr. (Who is like Yah? cf. מִיכָאֵל):— 1. m. a prince under Jehosh. 2 Ch 17:7. 2. f. 2 Ch 13:2 f. l. for מַעֲכָה 2 b, q.v. Of this name, the following are abbreviated, or softened, forms—