1. Mishael (personal name) — A Hebrew proper masculine name (מִישָׁאֵל) meaning 'who is what God is?', referring to three biblical figures: (1) a son of Uzziel son of Kohath, cousin of Moses and Aaron who carried the bodies of Nadab and Abihu (Exod 6:22; Lev 10:4), (2) one who stood with Ezra at the reading of the Law (Neh 8:4), and (3) the Hebrew name of Meshach, one of Daniel's three companions (Dan 1:6-7,11,19; 2:17). Multilingual evidence: eng 'Mishael', spa 'Mishael/Misael', arb 'مِيشَائِيل', kor '미사엘/미샤엘', swa 'Mishaeli'. The conjunctive forms (S111298) are grammatical variants of the same proper noun as the standalone form (S111297). 7×
AR["مِيشَائِيلَ","مِيشَائِيلُ","وَ-لِ-مِيشَائِيلَ","وَ-ميشائيلُ"]·ben["আর-মীশায়েল","এবং-মীশায়েলের-জন্য","মীশায়েল","মীশায়েলের"]·DE["Mishael","[ולמישאל]","[ומישאל]","[מישאל]"]·EN["Misha'el","Mishael","and-Mishael","and-for-Misha'el"]·FR["Mischaël","Mishael","[ומישאל]","et-Mischaël"]·heb["ו-ל-מישאל","ו-מישאל","מישאל"]·HI["और-को-मीशाएल","और-मीशाएल","मीशाएल"]·ID["Misael","dan-Misael","dan-kepada-Misael"]·IT["Misael","Mishael","[ומישאל]","e-a-Misael"]·jav["Misael","Misaèl","lan-Misael","lan-kangge-Misael"]·KO["그리고-미사엘-에게","그리고-미샤엘","미사엘","미샤엘"]·PT["Misha'el","Mishael","e-Mishael","e-para-Mishael"]·RU["Мисаэль","Мишаэлем","Мишаэль","Мишаэлю","и-МишаЭль","и-Мишаэлю"]·ES["Mishael","y-Misael","y-para-Mishael"]·SW["Mishaeli","na-Mishaeli"]·TR["Mişael","Mişael'e","ve-Mişael","ve-Mişael'e-"]·urd["اور-میشائیل","اور-میشائیل-کا","میسائیل","میسایل","میشائیل"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִישָׁאֵל n.pr.m. (Who is what God is? Assyrian form., cf. מְתוּשָׁאֵל: note also in Thothmes’ list of towns Bai-ti-ša-’-rḁ, i.e. prob. בֵּיתְשָׁאֵל, Heb. בֵּיתְאֵל WMMAs. Eur. 193):— 1. a. cousin of Moses Ex 6:22 Lv 10:4 (P). 2. one of Daniel’s companions Dn 1:6, 7, 11, 19 + 2:17 (Aramaic), elsewhere in c. 2–3 called מֵישַׁךְ (1:7). 3. Ne 8:4.