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Strong's #4335 - מֵישַׁךְ
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Meshach = “guest of a 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
1a) original name ‘Mishael’
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מֵישַׁע, מֵישָׁע see ישׁע. [מֵיתָר] see יתר.
מַכְאוֺב see כאב. מַכְבִּיר see I. כבר
Hiph`il
מַכְבֵּנָא, מַכְבַּנַּי see כבן.
מַכְבֵּר, מִכְבָּר see II. כבר.
מַכָּה see נכה. מִכְוָה see כוה.
מָכוֺן, מְכוֺנָה see כון.
[מְכוּרָה, מְכֹרָה] see כור.
מֵישַׁךְ proper name, masculine (Biblical Hebrew id.); — Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12 11t. 3.
מֵישַׁךְ [Meshach], pr.n. Ch. see מִישָׁאֵל No. 2. Daniel 2:49, 3:12. Pers. ميشك ovicula. [“Lorsbach gives an explanation which is not unsuitable, from the modern Persian ميز شاه guest of the king.” Thes.]
