Lexicon
מֵישַׁךְ
me.shakh
H4336
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Meshach

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me.shakh is the personal name borne by one of the three men named with Shadrach and Abednego in Daniel.

The attested forms function consistently as a proper personal name for the member of the named trio who is appointed in Babylon, accused before the king, cast into the furnace, brought out, and later caused to prosper.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name within the named trio · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout and identifies the same member of the group named with Shadrach and Abednego. In Daniel 3:12 the APB renders the trio as appointed over Babylon’s administration and accused of not serving the king’s gods; in Daniel 3:20 it renders them as bound and cast into the burning furnace, and in Daniel 3:30 as prospering in Babylon.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as “Meshach” in the recurring three-name sequence with Shadrach and Abednego. This identifies the verse-level presentation rather than establishing a separate English lexical rendering.

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