Meshach

[ mee-shak ]

/ ˈmi ʃæk /

noun

a companion of Daniel.

Compare Shadrach.

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Examples from the Web for meshach

It's jist like the story o' Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego!
The Elect Lady|George MacDonald
Meshach inquired about Alice in Australia, and was told that things were in a specially bad way with the tea-blender.
Leonora|Arnold Bennett
He must therefore still be in 288financial difficulties, and she had unwittingly misled Uncle Meshach.
Leonora|Arnold Bennett
My mother was Uncle Meshach's sister, and she married a rich man, who biled salt and had vessels an' kept tavern.
The Entailed Hat|George Alfred Townsend

Don't ole Meshach go to church, too, and hab a prayer-book an'—listen dar, honey!
The Entailed Hat|George Alfred Townsend

British Dictionary definitions for meshach

Meshach

/ (ˈmiːʃæk) /

noun

Old Testament one of Daniel's three companions who, together with Shadrach and Abednego, was miraculously saved from destruction in Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace (Daniel 3:12-30)

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