Michael

Meaning: Who is like God?

This is the name of a great angel of God and nine biblical men:

1. The title given to one of the chief angels (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1). He had special charge of Israel as a nation. He disputed with Satan (Jude 1:9) about the body of Moses. He is also represented as warning against "that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world" (Rev. 12:7-9).

2. The father of Sethur, the spy selected to represent Asher (Num. 13:13).

3. A chief of the tribe of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:3).

4. A Benjamite man (1 Chr. 8:16).

5. A chief Gadite man in Bashan (1 Chr. 5:13).

6. A Manassite, "a captain of thousands" who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:20).

7. A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:40).

8. The father of Omri (1 Chr. 27:18).

9. One of the sons of king Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 21:2,4). He was murdered by his brother Jehoram.