מִיכָאֵל
Mîykâʼêl · me-kaw-ale'
Mikael, the name of an archangel and of nine Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4310 (מִי) and (the prefix derivative from) H3588 (כִּי) and H410 (אֵל); who (is) like God?;
Mikael, the name of an archangel and of nine Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Michael.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the open hand that covers › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the open hand that covers of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִיכָאֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of michael5 · 38%
- and michael3 · 23%
- were, michael1 · 8%
- michael1 · 8%
- but, lo, michael1 · 8%
- with me in these things, but michael1 · 8%
- shall michael1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.