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Meshach

מֵישַׁךְStrong’s H4336

meshakh (me-shakh)

Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Meshakh is the Aramaic word usually translated “meshach”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.”
Daniel 2:49 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.1.6; also called Meshach at Dan.1.7; 2.49; 3.12,13,14,16,19,20,22,23,26,28,29,30
How it's translated
  • meshach 14

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 13

1 book in all.

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Aramaic dictionary

מֵישַׁךְ meshakh · Meshach

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.1.6; also called Meshach at Dan.1.7; 2.49; 3.12,13,14,16,19,20,22,23,26,28,29,30; Aramaic of mi.sha.el (מִישָׁאֵל "Mishael" H4332I) § Meshach = "guest of the king" …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.