Strong's #4332: Miysha'el (pronounced mee-shaw-ale')
from 4310 and 410 with the abbrev. insep. relatively (see 834) interposed; who (is) what God (is)?; Mishael, the name of three Israelites:--Mishael.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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mı̂yshâ'êl
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
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
Relation: from H4310 and H410 with the abbreviation inseperable relatively [see H834] interposed
Usage:
This word is used 7 times:
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"
Nehemiah 8:4: "his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana,"
Daniel 1:6: "of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:"
Daniel 1:7: "the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego."
Daniel 1:11: "over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,"
Daniel 1:19: "was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before"