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מֵישַׁךְ meshakh
Hebrew word for “Meshach” · Strong’s H4336 · used 14 times in 13 verses
Meaning
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.1.6;
How it is translated
Glosses given for meshakh in context, with how often each is used:
- meshach 14
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 14 | 2.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Forms
- מישׁך 14
Words used with it
Words that share verses with meshakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֲבֵד נְגוֹ aved nego “Abednego” 13
- שַׁדְרַךְ shadrakh “Shadrach” 13
- אֲמַר amar “to say” 8
- דִּי di “that” 9
- נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר nevukhadnetstsar “Nebuchadnezzar” 6
- אַתּוּן attun “furnace” 5
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 7
- גְּבַר gevar “man” 5
- עֲנָה anah “to answer” 5
- עַל al “since” 6
- אִלֵּךְ illekh “these” 4
- לָא la “not” 5
Key verses
The verses using meshakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 2:49 — Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the…
- Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded…
- Daniel 3:13 — Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
- Daniel 3:16 — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
- Daniel 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that…
- Daniel 3:20 — And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:22 — Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and…
- Daniel 3:23 — And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:26 — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high…
- Daniel 3:28 — Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted…
- Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be…
- Daniel 3:30 — Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.