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    Micaiah

    my-KAY-uh

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Who is like the LORD?
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Micaiah appears in the King James Bible, including 1 Kings 22:14.
    First appears in
    1 Kings — The united and divided kingdom
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Micaiah — 'who is like the LORD?' — chose truth over popularity, integrity over comfort. His lone stand against 400 false prophets teaches that one person with God's word is a majority.
    King James verses
    • 1 Kings 22:14

      "And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak."

    • 1 Kings 22:8

      "There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil."

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