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

(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.
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

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