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 *čiθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.
Proper noun
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
- 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
Translations
one of the captives in the Book of Daniel
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given name
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Noun
Shadrach (plural Shadrachs)
- 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