Mêyshak — H4336

Definition

masculine proper noun

Meshak, the Babylonian

1. Meshach = "guest of the king"
2. 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
1. original name 'Mishael'

Usually translated as

Meshak

Origin

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

• Mîyshâʼêl (H4333)

Occurrences

Mêyshak occurs 14 times in 13 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (13)

• Daniel 2:49 — Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֖ךְ), and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
• Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֖ךְ), and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
• Daniel 3:13 — Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֖ךְ), and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
• Daniel 3:14 — Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֖ךְ), and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
• Daniel 3:16 — Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁךְ֙), and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
• Daniel 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֖ךְ), and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
• Daniel 3:20 — And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֖ךְ), and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
• Daniel 3:22 — Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁךְ֙), and Abed-nego.
• Daniel 3:23 — And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֖ךְ), and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
• Daniel 3:26 — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֧ךְ), and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
• Daniel 3:26 — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֛ךְ), and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
• Daniel 3:28 — Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁךְ֙), and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
• Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁךְ֙), and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
• Daniel 3:30 — Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach (מֵישַׁ֛ךְ), and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.