H4332: מִישָׁאֵל
Mîyshâʼêl · pronounced mee-shaw-ale' · “Mishael”
Definition
Mishael, the name of three Israelites
KJV translates it as: Mishael.
Word origin: from H4310 (מִי) and H410 (אֵל) with the abbreviated form insep. relatively (see H834 (אֲשֶׁר)) interposed; who (is) what God (is) ?;
Extended definition
son of: Uzziel (H5816);
brother of: Elizaphan (H0469), Sithri (H5644), Micah (H4318J) and Isshiah (H3449I)
§ Mishael = "who is what God is"
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
2) a son of Uzziel and a cousin of Moses and Aaron
3) one of those who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4332 is translated
- mishael ×6
- were mishael ×1
Bible verses with H4332 (Mîyshâʼêl)
Mîyshâʼêl appears in 7 verses.
- Exodus 6:22
And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
- Leviticus 10:4
And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
- Nehemiah 8:4
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
- Daniel 1:6
Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
- Daniel 1:7
Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed–nego.
- Daniel 1:11
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
- Daniel 1:19
And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.