Lexical Definition

‎מֵישַׁךְ‎ Mêyshak (may-shak') Meshach ^N:N-M-P
borrowed from ‎מֵישַׁךְ‎

Meshak.

• § Meshach = "guest of a king"
• Meshak, an Israelite

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 Lord
1a) original name 'Mishael'

Extended Information

Hebrew of: מִישָׁאֵל

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.1.6 also called Meshach at Dan.1.7 2.49 3.12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30
• Another name of mi.sha.el (‎מ‎ִ‎יש‎ָׁ‎א‎ֵ‎ל‎ "Mishael" מִישָׁאֵל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: מֵישַׁךְ
‎מֵישַׁךְ‎ proper name, masculine (according to Dl^{Baer, Dan. Xi} for Mî-sha-aku 'who is what Aku (the moon-god) is?' compare ‎מִישָׁאֵל‎); — the new (Babylonian) name given to Mishael, Dan 1:7 (+ Aramaic Dan 2:49 and chapter Dan 3). ‎מֵישַׁע‎, ‎מֵישָׁע‎ see ‎ישׁע‎. [‎מֵיתָר‎] see ‎יתר‎. ‎מַכְאוֺב‎ see ‎כאב‎. ‎מַכְבִּיר‎ see I. ‎כבר‎ Hiph`il ‎מַכְבֵּנָא‎, ‎מַכְבַּנַּי‎ see ‎כבן‎. ‎מַכְבֵּר‎, ‎מִכְבָּר‎ see II. ‎כבר‎. ‎מַכָּה‎ see ‎נכה‎. ‎מִכְוָה‎ see ‎כוה‎. ‎מָכוֺן‎, ‎מְכוֺנָה‎ see ‎כון‎. [‎מְכוּרָה‎, ‎מְכֹרָה‎] see ‎כור‎.

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