מִישָׁאֵל
mi.sha.elProper Noun (Masculine)H4332
Mishael
From: from H4310 (מִי) and H410 (אֵל) with the abbreviated form insep. relatively (see H834 (אֲשֶׁר)) interposed; who (is) what God (is) ?;
Short Definition
Mishael, the name of three Israelites
Full Lexicon Entry
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Uzziel (H5816); brother of: Elizaphan (H0469), Sithri (H5644), Micah (H4318J) and Isshiah (H3449I) § Mishael = "who is what God is" 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 son of Uzziel and a cousin of Moses and ) one of those who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people
Grammar
Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology N:N-M-P
DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
7 timesAppears 7 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Daniel
4
Exodus
1
Leviticus
1
Nehemiah
1
Key Passages
- Daniel 1:6
- Daniel 1:7
- Daniel 1:11
- Daniel 1:19
- Exodus 6:22
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