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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Micah
       n 1: a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC) [syn: {Micheas}]
       2: an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah
          foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem [syn: {Micheas},
          {Book of Micah}]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Micah
     a shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of
     Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17,
     apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the
     settlement of the tribe of Dan in Northern Palestine, and for
     the purpose also of illustrating the lawlessness of the times in
     which he lived (Judg. 18; 19:1-29; 21:25).
     
       (2.) The son of Merib-baal (Mephibosheth), 1 Chr. 8:34, 35.
     
       (3.) The first in rank of the priests of the family of
     Kohathites (1 Chr. 23:20).
     
       (4.) A descendant of Joel the Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:5).
     
       (5.) "The Morasthite," so called to distinguish him from
     Micaiah, the son of Imlah (1 Kings 22:8). He was a prophet of
     Judah, a contemporary of Isaiah (Micah 1:1), a native of
     Moresheth of Gath (1:14, 15). Very little is known of the
     circumstances of his life (comp. Jer. 26:18, 19).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Micah, poor; humble
  

















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