Shadrach
English
editAlternative 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
editFrom Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /šadrak/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ciθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.
Proper noun
editShadrach
- (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
editTranslations
editone of the captives in the Book of Daniel
given name
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Noun
editShadrach (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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