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Michael — the meaning of the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל

מִיכָאֵל

Mîykâʼêl · pronounced me-kaw-ale' · Strong's H4317 · a man

Michael means who (is) like God?.

Built from

מִי mîy (from, H4310) — who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) open in the lexicon ›

כִּי kîy (prefix derivative from, H3588) — (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below) open in the lexicon ›

אֵל ʼêl (and, H410) — strength open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H4310 and (the prefix derivative from) H3588 and H410; who (is) like God?; Mikael, the name of an archangel and of nine Israelites.

First appearance

Num 13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. (KJV)

Every verse that names Michael

13 occurrences in 13 verses — Numbers, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Daniel

Num 13:131Chr 5:131Chr 5:141Chr 6:251Chr 7:31Chr 8:161Chr 12:211Chr 27:182Chr 21:2Ezra 8:8Dan 10:13Dan 10:21Dan 12:1

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