H4335Hebrewmêšaḵ
מֵישַׁךְ
Meshak.
1
Total Occurrences
1
Books
1
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1the 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
- 2original name 'mishael'
Etymology & Derivation
borrowed from H4336 (מֵישַׁךְ);
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: Mêyshak; Pronunciation: may-shak'