Dictionaries :: Mishael

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mishael:

who is like God! (1.) A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of Uzziel (Exd 6:22).

(2.) One of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in Babylon (Dan 1:11,19), and promoted to the rank of Magi. He and his companions were afterwards cast into the burning fiery furnace for refusing to worship the idol the king had set up, from which they were miraculously delivered (3:13-30). His Chaldean name was Meshach (q.v.).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Mishael:

who is asked for or lent

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Mishael:

mish'-a-el, mi'-sha-el (misha'el, perhaps equals "who is equal to God?"):

(1) A Kohathite, 4th in descent from Levi (Ex 6:22). He and his brother Elzaphan carried out Moses' order to remove from the sanctuary and the camp the corpses of Nadab and Abihu (Le 10:4 f).

(2) A supporter of Ezra at the reading of the Law (Ne 8:4).

(3) The Hebrew name of one of Daniel's 3 companions (Da 1:6,7,11,19; 2:17). His Babylonian name was MESHACH (which see).

Nave's Topical Bible

Mishael: 1. A Son of Uzziel

Helps carry the bodies of Nadab and Abihu out of the camp,

Exd 6:22; Lev 10:4.

Mishael: 2. A Jew

Who stood by Ezra when he read the law to the people

Neh 8:4.

Mishael: 3. Called also Meshach

One of three Hebrew young men trained with Daniel at the court of Babylon,

Dan 1:6, 7, 11-20.

Assists Daniel in interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's dream,

Dan 2:17-23.

Thrown into the fiery furnace,

Dan 3:13-30.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mishael:

(who is what God is?).

(1.) One of the sons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron and Moses (Exodus 6:22) when Nadab and Abihu were struck dead for offering strange fire, Mishael and his brother Elzaphan, at the command of Moses, removed their bodies from the sanctuary, and buried them without the camp, their loose‐fitting tunics serving for winding‐sheets (Leviticus 10:4-5).

(2.) One of those who stood at Ezra's left hand when he read the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4). SEE [MESHACH].