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Definition of Micah

1. Noun. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).

2. Noun. An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem.

Definition of Micah

1. Proper noun. A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh. ¹

2. Proper noun. (biblical character) Any of several men in the Old Testament, especially the minor prophet and author of this book. ¹

3. Proper noun. (Hebrew male given name) of Biblical origin. Used since the 17th century, but never popular. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Micah

Meynert's layer Meynert's retroflex bundle Meänkieli Mhairi Mi'kmaq Mia Maid Miami Miami Beach Miamis Miao

Miaphysitism Mibelli Mibelli's angiokeratomas Mibelli's disease Mic. Micah Micawber Mich Michael Michael Ellis De Bakey

Michael Faraday Michael Gerald Tyson Michael Jackson Michael Joe Jackson Michael Ondaatje Michael Philip Jagger Michaela Michaelis-Gutmann body Michaelis-Menten constant

Literary usage of Micah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"micah. Strangers, sir. I should judge they be very high gentry; lords, sir. ... micah. 'T is just the dog howling, madam. When he spied the gentry be turned ..."

2. A Critical Introduction to the Old Testament by George Buchanan Gray (1913)
"micah The book of micah consists of three well-defined parts, different in character and probably different also in origin, though the substantial unity of ..."

3. The Founders and Rulers of United Israel: From the Death of Moses to the by Charles Foster Kent (1908)
"In passing by the sanctuary of micah, these spies consulted the oracle, and proceeded on their journey assured of Jehovah's approval. Far in the North, ..."

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