Meshach

//ˈmi.ʃæk// name

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  1. 1
    Mishael, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.

    "And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace."

  2. 2
    A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

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abednegomishael

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"And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace."

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew מישך (myšk /⁠mēšak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mayšáh (“sheep, ram”) with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.

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