Shadrach

English

Alternative forms

• Sedrach (sometimes used as a transliteration of the Coptic form of the name, "Ⲥⲉⲇⲣⲁⲭ")
• Shedrack (a popular name in parts of Africa)
• Shadrak, Sidrach, Sydrac

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /⁠šadrak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ciθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.

Proper noun

Shadrach

1. (biblical) Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.

   Synonym: Hananiah

2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Quotations

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 3:23:

  And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

Coordinate terms

• (one of the captives that came out of the fiery furnace unharmed): Abednego, Meshach

Translations

one of the captives in the Book of Daniel

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Սեդրաք (Sedrakʻ)

• German: Schadrach
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Σεδράχ (Sedrákh)

given name

• Armenian: Սեդրակ (Sedrak)

Noun

Shadrach (plural Shadrachs)

1. Synonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”)

References

• Hutter, Manfred (2015) “ŠDRK”, in Iranische Personennamen in der Hebräischen Bibel (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band VII, Faszikel 2) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 60, pages 62–63

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