Mishael

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Who is like God!

(1.) A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of Uzziel (Exo_6:22).

(2.) One of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in Babylon (Dan_1:11, Dan_1:19), and promoted to the rank of Magi. He and his companions were afterwards cast into the burning fiery furnace for refusing to worship the idol the king had set up, from which they were miraculously delivered (Dan. 3:13-30). His Chaldean name was Meshach (q.v.).

mish´ā́-el, mī´shā́-el (מישׁאל, mīshā'ēl, perhaps = “who is equal to God?”):

(1) A Kohathite, 4th in descent from Levi (Exo_6:22). He and his brother Elzaphan carried out Moses' order to remove from the sanctuary and the camp the corpses of Nadab and Abihu (Lev_10:4 f).

(2) A supporter of Ezra at the reading of the Law (Neh_8:4).

(3) The Hebrew name of one of Daniel's 3 companions (Dan_1:6, Dan_1:7, Dan_1:11, Dan_1:19; Dan_2:17). His Babylonian name was Meshach (which see).