Judges 17:1
Strong's Lexicon
Now there was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

a man
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)

from the hill country
מֵֽהַר־ (mê·har-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2022: 1) hill, mountain, hill country, mount

of Ephraim
אֶפְרָ֖יִם (’ep̄·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim = 'double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful' 1) second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh 2) the tribe, Ephraim 3) the mountain country of Ephraim 4) sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah) 5) a city near Baal-hazor 6) a chief gate of Jerusalem

named
וּשְׁמ֥וֹ (ū·šə·mōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: 1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument

Micah.
מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃ (mî·ḵā·yə·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4319: Michaiah = 'who is like God' 1) son of Imlah and a prophet of Samaria who predicted the defeat and death of king Ahab of Israel

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah.

New American Standard Bible
Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.

King James Bible
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

New Living Translation
There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim.

English Standard Version
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

New American Standard Bible
Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.

King James Bible
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah.

International Standard Version
A man named Micah lived in the mountainous region of the territory of Ephraim.

NET Bible
There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.

American Standard Version
And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

English Revised Version
And there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name is Micah,
















Cross References
Judges 16:31
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

Judges 17:2
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

Judges 18:2
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

Judges 1:1
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

Judges 16:30
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

Judges 16:29
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

Judges 17:3
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

Judges 17:4
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
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