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Morasthite|ˈmɒrəsθaɪt|
Also Morascite, Morashite, Morashtite, Morastite.
[f. Moresheth in Gath, name of the home town of Micah.]
Epithet of Micah, the Judæan prophet of the 8th century b.c.
a1390Wyclif Micah i. 1. The word of the Lord..is maad to Mycheas Morastites. 1535Coverdale Jer. xxvi, Micheas the Morascite, which was a prophet vnder Ezechias kinge of Iuda, spake. Ibid. Micah i, This is the worde of the Lorde, that came vnto Micheas the Morastite. 1611Bible Jer. xxvi. 18 Micah the Morashite prophecied in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah. Ibid. Micah i. 1 The word of the Lord..came to Micah the Morasthite in the dayes of Iotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. 1839Penny Cycl. XV. 172/1 Micah..is called in the title to his prophecy the Morasthite. 1845J. Kitto Cyclopedia Biblical Lit. II. 334/1 It is stated that Micah the Morasthite foretold the destruction of Jerusalem in the reign of Hezekiah. 1904Jewish Encycl. VIII. 533/1 Micah..was a Morasthite; that is to say, a native of Moreshethgath. 1944G. B. Shaw Everybody's Political What's What? xxvi. 231 The noble God of Micah the Morasthite. 1963Grant & Rowley Hasting's Dict. Bible 674 Morashtite,—a gentilic used in RV to designate the prophet Micah,..(AV Morasthite..); probably derived from Morsheth-gath. |