Mishael in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mish'-a-el, mi'-sha-el (misha'el, perhaps = "who is equal to God?"): (1) A Kohathite, 4th in descent from Levi (Ex 6:22). He and his brother Elzaphan carried out Moses' order to remove from the sanctuary and the camp the corpses of Nadab and Abihu (Lev 10:4 f). (2) A supporter of Ezra at the reading of the Law (Neh 8:4). (3) The Hebrew name of one of Daniel's 3 companions (Dan 1:6,7,11,19; 2:17). His Babylonian name was MESHACH (which see).