MICHAEL (Hebr. Mikhā’el “Who is like God?”). – Name of an archangel (v. AMARI, MICHELE) and of various figures in the Old Testament.
1. Member of the tribe of Aser, father of Sthur (Num. 13:13). 2. Member of the tribe of Gad, descended from another M. and dwelling in Basan (I Par. 5:13–14). 3. Ancestor of Asaph the singer (ibid. 6:25). 4. Son of Izraha of the tribe of Issachar (ibid. 7:3). 5. Saul (v.), of the tribe of Benjamin (ibid. 8:16). 6. Member of the tribe of Manasse, who helped David with his men in the campaign against the Amalecites (ibid. 12:21; cf. I Sam. 30:1 ff.). 7. Father of Amri of the tribe of Issachar in the time of David (I Par. 27:18). 8. Brother of King Ioram, son of Iosaphat (II Par. 21:2). 9. Member of the Jewish community in Babylon during the Exile (Eid. 8:8).