מֵישַׁךְ

Strong’s Definition

Meshak, the Babylonian

Etymology & Derivation

(Aramaic) of foreign origin and doubtful significance; name of H4333 (מִישָׁאֵל)

KJV Usage

Meshak.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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
• 2.original name 'mishael'

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mêyshak; Pronunciation: may-shak'