Mishael
/mɪˈʃeɪəl/noun
A biblical masculine personal name belonging to several figures in the Hebrew Bible.
Did you know?In the Book of Daniel, Mishael was one of the Judean exiles renamed Meshach by Babylonian authorities, showing how names could become tools of cultural and religious control.
Etymological Timeline
First Millennium BCE
Biblical Hebrew
מִישָׁאֵל (Mîshāʾēl)
“A personal name traditionally understood as “Who is what God is?” or “Who is like God?””
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Koine Greek
Μισαήλ (Misaēl)
“Greek transliteration of the Hebrew biblical name in the Septuagint”
4th Century CE
Latin
Misael
“Latin biblical form of the name”
Old English Period
Old English
Misael
“Biblical personal name transmitted through Christian scripture and tradition”
Modern English
English
Mishael
“The conventional English form of the biblical name”