Shadrach
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- 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
[edit]From Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /šadrak/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ciθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.
Proper noun
[edit]Shadrach
- (biblical) Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
- Synonym: Hananiah
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Quotations
[edit]- 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
[edit]Translations
[edit]one of the captives in the Book of Daniel
given name
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Noun
[edit]Shadrach (plural Shadrachs)
- Synonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”)
References
[edit]- 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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