First name Michael in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Michael is the name of the father of Sethur (NUM 13:13), as well as name of (1CH 5:13), son of Jeshishai (1CH 5:14), Gadite (1CH 5:11), son of Baaseiah (1CH 6:40), and son of Izrahiah (1CH 7:3)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: Who is like G-d [El]?. Related names are: Shephatiah, Elihu, Malchiah . The translations of Michael in 118 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Miguel in Spanish to ミカエル in Japanese!
Name Michael in the world's Bibles
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. (NUM 13:13)
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. (1CH 5:13)
These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; (1CH 5:14)
The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, (1CH 6:40)
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. (1CH 7:3)
And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; (1CH 8:16)
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. (1CH 12:20)
Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: (1CH 27:18)
And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. (2CH 21:2)
And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. (EZR 8:8)
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. (DAN 10:13)
But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. (DAN 10:21)
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. (DAN 12:1)
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. (JUD 1:9)
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, (REV 12:7)

Popularity of the name Michael in its translations around the world

The map depicts the name ratio per 10.000 people in the total population. Only the exact name form in the respective country's official language Bible translations is counted!

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