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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16598" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16598" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See [[Abed-Nego]] </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50854" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50854" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrews or Chald. Meyshak', מֵישִׁךְ, of foreign etymology; Sept. Μισάκ v. r. Μισάχ '','' Vulg. ''Misach'' ), the title given by the Babylonian court to MICHAEL (See [[Michael]]) (q.v.), one of the [[Hebrew]] youths in training for the rank of magi ( Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12-30). "Gesenius resolves the name into the Persic ''Miz-Shah'' , ‘ the ''Guest Of The Shah''' (''Thesaur'' . sav.); Hitzig (''Exeget. Hdb'' . ad loc.) and Fiurst (''Heb.-Lex'' . s.v.) refer it to the Sanscrit ''Meshah. ‘ A Ram'' ,' and regard it as a name of the sun-god. The changing of the names of persons taken into a family as servants or slaves was common in ancient times among both the Orientals and the [[Greeks]] (Jahn, ''Archaol'' . pt. i, vol. ii, p. 280: [[Theodoret]] on Daniel 1:7 : Chrysostom, ''Opp'' . v. 286; Haivernick, ''Comm. Ib'' . [[Daniel]] p. 30)" (Kitto). "That Meshach was the name of some god of the Chaldaeans is extremely probable. from the fact that Daniel, who had the name of Belteshazzar, was so called after the god of Nebuchadnezzar ( Daniel 4:8), and that [[Abednego]] was named after Nego, or Nebo, the Chaldeean name for the planet Mercury.' (See Daniel). </p> | <p> (Hebrews or Chald. Meyshak', '''''מֵישִׁךְ''''' , of foreign etymology; Sept. '''''Μισάκ''''' v. r. '''''Μισάχ''''' '','' Vulg. ''Misach'' ), the title given by the Babylonian court to MICHAEL (See [[Michael]]) (q.v.), one of the [[Hebrew]] youths in training for the rank of magi ( Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12-30). "Gesenius resolves the name into the Persic ''Miz-Shah'' , '''''‘''''' the ''Guest Of The Shah''' ( ''Thesaur'' . sav.); Hitzig ( ''Exeget. Hdb'' . ad loc.) and Fiurst ( ''Heb.-Lex'' . s.v.) refer it to the Sanscrit ''Meshah. '''''‘''''' A Ram'' ,' and regard it as a name of the sun-god. The changing of the names of persons taken into a family as servants or slaves was common in ancient times among both the Orientals and the [[Greeks]] (Jahn, ''Archaol'' . pt. i, vol. ii, p. 280: [[Theodoret]] on Daniel 1:7 : Chrysostom, ''Opp'' . v. 286; Haivernick, ''Comm. Ib'' . [[Daniel]] p. 30)" (Kitto). "That Meshach was the name of some god of the Chaldaeans is extremely probable. from the fact that Daniel, who had the name of Belteshazzar, was so called after the god of Nebuchadnezzar ( Daniel 4:8), and that [[Abednego]] was named after Nego, or Nebo, the Chaldeean name for the planet Mercury.' (See Daniel). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6193" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6193" /> == | ||
