מֵישַׁךְ

me.shakhProper Noun (Masculine)H4335

Meshach

From: borrowed from H4336 (מֵישַׁךְ);

Short Definition

Meshak, an Israelite

Full Lexicon Entry

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; also called Meshach at ; Another name of mi.sha.el (*מִישָׁאֵל *"Mishael" H4332I) § Meshach = "guest of a king" 1) the godly friend of Daniel who Nebuchadnezzar renamed Meshach; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the a) original name 'Mishael'

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

1 time

Appears 1 time in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Daniel
1

Key Passages

  • Daniel 1:7

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