Meshakh מֵישַׁךְ
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| מֵישַׁךְ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meshakh |
| Strong's number | H4335 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Meshach |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Meshakh (Hebrew מֵישַׁךְ, Strong's H4335) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Meshach”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
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" 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 Lord
1a) original name 'Mishael'
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 Lord
1a) original name 'Mishael'
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | meshach (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | meshach (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meshakh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Daniel
- Daniel 1:7Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed–nego.The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).