Hebrew word · H4322

מִיכָיָ֫הוּ

mikhayahu

Micaiah

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. · Updated November 01, 2026

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.7

§ Michaiah = "who is like God"

1) one of the princes of Jehoshaphat whom he sent to teach the law of Jehovah in the cities of Judah

2) daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijah of Judah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles · 2

2 Chronicles 13:2 מִיכָיָ֥הוּ [was] Micaiah

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 17:7 וּלְמִיכָיָ֑הוּ and <to> Micaiah

In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,

Here: The name means 'Who is like YHWH?'. He is an official, not the prophet Micaiah son of Imlah, who appears in the next chapter (18).

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.