Meshach

English

Alternative forms

• Misac
• Misach (sometimes used as a transliteration from the Coptic form of the name, "Ⲙⲓⲥⲁⲭ")
• Mishak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʃæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Proper noun

Meshach

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

   Synonym: Mishael

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 3:23:

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

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

Coordinate terms

• (one of the captives who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed): Abednego, Shadrach

Translations

one of the captives in the Book of Daniel

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Միսաք (Misakʻ)

• German: Meschach
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Μισάχ (Misákh)

• Latin: Misaēl m

given name

• Armenian: Միսակ (Misak)

References

• Hutter, Manfred (2015) “MYŠK”, in Iranische Personennamen in der Hebräischen Bibel (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band VII, Faszikel 2) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 48, page 56

Anagrams

• Chesham, Hachems