Strong H4332H4332Hמִישָׁאֵל

Mishael

Transliteration: mîyshâ'êl
Pronunciation: mee-shaw-ale
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.4

Meaning of the name

Mishael = "who is what God is"

General definition

From H4310 and H410 with the abbreviation inceptively relative (see H834) interposed;
who (is) what God (is)?;
{Mishael} the name of three Israelites: - Mishael.

In the biblical story

Mishael

A Levite who stood beside Ezra during the reading of the Law.

Mishael, a Levite, was one of those who stood beside Ezra as he read the Book of the Law to the people.

In the Bible

Strong H4332H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

mishael1

First verses

Nehemiah 8:4
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.