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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Mishael

mish'-a-el, mi'-sha-el (misha'el, perhaps equals "who is equal to God?"):

(1) A Kohathite, 4th in descent from Levi (Exodus 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 (Leviticus 10:4).

(2) A supporter of Ezra at the reading of the Law (Nehemiah 8:4).

(3) The Hebrew name of one of Daniel's 3 companions (Daniel 1:6,7,11,19; 2:17). His Babylonian name was MESHACH (which see).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.