Hebrew - English Dictionary
H4336 - Meshach
| Strong's No.: | H4336 |
| Hebrew: | מֵישַׁךְ |
| Transliteration: | Mêyshak |
| Phonetic: | may-shak' |
| Word Origin: | (Chaldee) |
| Bible Usage: | Meshak. |
| Part of Speech: | Proper Name Masculine |
| Strongs Definition: | of foreign origin and doubtful signification; {Meshak} the Babylonian name of H4333 |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | Meshach = "guest of the 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 a. original name 'Mishael' |
| Bible References:
Meshach |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
Meshach ( 14 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.