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

(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

(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)

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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