Mica
מִיכָאStrong’s H4316mikah (mi-kah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mikah is the Hebrew word usually translated “mica”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.”
Meaning
- Son of Mephibosheth
- A Levite who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
- Father of Mattaniah, a Gershonite Levite and descendant of Asaph
- Son of Mephibosheth
- A Levite who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
- Father of Mattaniah, a Gershonite Levite and descendant of Asaph
- Son of Mephibosheth
- A Levite who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
- Father of Mattaniah, a Gershonite Levite and descendant of Asaph
How it's translated
- mica 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 9:15And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
- Nehemiah 10:11Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
- Nehemiah 11:22The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
Hebrew dictionary
מִיכָא mikah · Mica
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.15; son of: Zichri (H2147K); father of: Mattaniah (H4983) Also named: mi.khah (מִיכָה "Mica" H4318L) § Micha = "who is like God" 1) son of Mephibosheth 2) a Levite who signed the covenant with Nehemiah 3) father of Mattaniah, a Gershonite Levite and descendant of Asaph
מִיכָא mikah · Mica
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.11 § Micha = "who is like God" 1) son of Mephibosheth 2) a Levite who signed the covenant with Nehemiah 3) father of Mattaniah, a Gershonite Levite and descendant of Asaph
מִיכָא mikah · Mica
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.11.22; father of: Mattaniah (H4983O); also called Micaiah (KJV: Michaiah; NIV: Micaiah) at Neh.12.35; Also named: mi.kha.yah (מִיכָיָה "Micaiah" H4320I) § Micha = "who is like God" 1) son of Mephibosheth 2) a Levite who signed the covenant with Nehemiah 3) father of Mattaniah, a Gershonite Levite and descendant of Asaph
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mica” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MI'CA, noun
[Latin mica a grain or particle; mico, to shine.]
A mineral of a foliated structure, consisting of thin flexible lamels or scales, having a shining surface. The scales are sometimes parallel, sometimes interwoven, sometimes wavy or undulated, sometimes representing filaments. It is called also talck, glimmer, muscovy-glass, and glist.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.