Meshach
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Meshach is a biblical figure from the Book of Daniel, known as one of the three Hebrew youths miraculously saved from King Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden idol.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T967857 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meshach Context triple: [Book of Daniel, featuresCharacter, Meshach]
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A.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
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B.
Malchi-shua
Malchi-shua was one of King Saul’s sons, a Hebrew prince mentioned in the Bible who died alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
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C.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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D.
Nehushta
Nehushta is a biblical figure known as the mother of King Jehoiachin of Judah, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meshach Target entity description: Meshach is a biblical figure from the Book of Daniel, known as one of the three Hebrew youths miraculously saved from King Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden idol.
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A.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
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B.
Malchi-shua
Malchi-shua was one of King Saul’s sons, a Hebrew prince mentioned in the Bible who died alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
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C.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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D.
Nehushta
Nehushta is a biblical figure known as the mother of King Jehoiachin of Judah, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew youth
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ character in the Book of Daniel ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Bible
ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Bible
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Tanakh ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abednego
ⓘ
Babylonian exile ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian captivity
Daniel ⓘ Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
surface form:
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Shadrach ⓘ |
| captivityContext | Babylonian exile ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Christian liturgy and hymnody ⓘ |
| commemoratedWith |
Abednego
ⓘ
Shadrach ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
inspiration for sermons and religious teachings
ⓘ
referenced in spirituals and religious songs ⓘ |
| event |
being bound and cast into the furnace
ⓘ
refusal to bow to the golden statue ⓘ surviving the furnace unharmed ⓘ |
| genreContext | apocalyptic and court tale literature ⓘ |
| kingInNarrative | Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being thrown into the fiery furnace
ⓘ
miraculous deliverance from the fiery furnace ⓘ refusing to worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Masoretic Text
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible context
|
| literaryFunction | exemplar of steadfast faith ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Daniel ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
divine protection of the faithful
ⓘ
loyalty to God over royal command ⓘ |
| partOf | three Hebrew youths ⓘ |
| protectedBy | angel of the Lord ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| role | companion of Shadrach and Abednego ⓘ |
| scripturalChapter |
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children
ⓘ
surface form:
Daniel 3
|
| setting | Babylon ⓘ |
| statusInNarrative | Jewish exile in Babylon ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
civil disobedience to idolatrous authority
ⓘ
faithfulness to God under persecution ⓘ |
| tradition | Deuterocanonical and patristic commentary ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meshach Description of subject: Meshach is a biblical figure from the Book of Daniel, known as one of the three Hebrew youths miraculously saved from King Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden idol.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shadrach