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| <p> ''''' mı̄´kā́ ''''' - ''''' el ''''' , ''''' mı̄´kel ''''' ( מיכאל , <i> ''''' mı̄khā'ēl ''''' </i> , "who is like God?" Μιχαήλ , <i> ''''' Michaḗl ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) The father of [[Sethur]] the [[Asherite]] spy ( Numbers 13:13 ). </p> <p> (2) (3) Two [[Gadites]] ( 1 Chronicles 5:13 , 1 Chronicles 5:14 ). </p> <p> (4) A name in the genealogy of [[Asaph]] ( 1 Chronicles 6:40 (Hebrew 25)). </p> <p> (5) A son of [[Izrahiah]] of [[Issachar]] ( 1 Chronicles 7:3 ). </p> <p> (6) A B enjamite ( 1 Chronicles 8:16 ). </p> <p> (7) A M anassite who ceded to [[David]] at [[Ziklag]] ( 1 Chronicles 12:20 ). </p> <p> (8) The father of Omri of Issachar ( 1 Chronicles 27:18 ). </p> <p> (9) A son of King [[Jehoshaphat]] ( 2 Chronicles 21:2 ). </p> <p> (10) The father of Zebediah, an exile who returned with Ezra ( Ezra 8:8 parallel 1 [[Esdras]] 8:34). </p> <p> (11) "The archangel" ( Judges 1:9 ). Probably also the unnamed archangel of 1 Thessalonians 4:16 is Michael. In the Old [[Testament]] he is mentioned by name only in Daniel. He is "one of the chief princes" ( Daniel 10:13 ), the "prince" of [[Israel]] ( Daniel 10:21 ), "the great prince" ( Daniel 12:1 ); perhaps also "the prince of the host" ( Daniel 8:11 ). In all these passages [[Michael]] appears as the heavenly patron and champion of Israel; as the watchful guardian of the people of God against all foes earthly or devilish. In the uncanonical apocalyptic writings, however, [[Jewish]] angelology is further developed. In them Michael frequently appears and excretes functions similar to those which are ascribed to him in Daniel. He is the first of the "four presences that stand before God" - M ichael, Gabriel, [[Raphael]] and [[Uriel]] or [[Phanuel]] (En Daniel 9:1; 40:9). In other apocryphal books and even elsewhere in En, the number of archangels is given as 7 (En 20:1-7; [[Tobit]] 12:15; compare also Revelation 8:2 ). Among the many characterizations of Michael the following may be noted: He is "the merciful and long-suffering" (En 40:9; 68:2, 3), "the mediator and intercessor" (Ascension of Isaiah, [[Latin]] version 9:23; Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, Levi 5; Dan 6). It is he who opposed the [[Devil]] in a dispute concerning Moses' body ( Judges 1:9 ). This passage, according to most modern authorities, is derived from the apocryphal Assumption of [[Moses]] (see Charles' edition, 105-10). It is Michael also who leads the angelic armies in the war in heaven against "the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan" ( Revelation 12:7 ff). According to Charles, the supplanting of the "child" by the archangel is an indication of the Jewish origin of this part of the book. </p> <p> The earlier Protestant scholars usually identified Michael with the preincarnate Christ, finding support for their view, not only in the juxtaposition of the "child" and the archangel in Revelation 12 , but also in the attributes ascribed to him in Daniel (for a full discussion see Hengstenberg, <i> Offenbarung </i> , I, 611-22, and an interesting survey in English by Dr. [[Douglas]] in Fairbairn's <i> Bd </i> ). </p> | | Michael <ref name="term_76992" /> |
| ==References == | | <p> The name of a succession of eight emperors who, at different periods, occupied the throne of the East from 811 to 1282, the last being [[Michael]] VIII., the founder of the Palæologic dynasty. </p> |
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| <ref name="term_6337"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/michael Michael from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | | <ref name="term_76992"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/michael+(2) Michael from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 18:45, 15 October 2021
Michael [1]
The name of a succession of eight emperors who, at different periods, occupied the throne of the East from 811 to 1282, the last being Michael VIII., the founder of the Palæologic dynasty.
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