Meyshak (Aramaic)

may-shak'
Parts of Speech Proper Name Masculine

Meyshak (Aramaic) Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 14
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
    1. original name 'Mishael'
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
$Xym
Origin
of foreign origin and doubtful significance
Strong's Number
4336
TDNT Entry
None

NAS Word Usage

Meshach
14
Total
14

NAS Verse Count

Total
13

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Meyshak (Aramaic)". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .