מֵישַׁךְ
me.shakhProper Noun (Masculine)H4336
Meshach
From: (Aramaic) of foreign origin and doubtful significance; name of H4333 (מִישָׁאֵל)
Short Definition
Meshak, the Babylonian
Full Lexicon Entry
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; also called Meshach at ; Aramaic of mi.sha.el (*מִישָׁאֵל *"Mishael" H4332I) § Meshach = "guest of the 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
13 timesAppears 13 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Daniel
13
Key Passages
- Daniel 2:49
- Daniel 3:13
- Daniel 3:16
- Daniel 3:20
- Daniel 3:23
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