Shadrach

Shadrach

English

Alternative forms

• Sedrach (sometimes used as a transliteration of the Coptic form of the name, "Ⲥⲉⲇⲣⲁⲭ")
• Shadrak
• Shedrack (a popular name in parts of Africa)
• 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 964384981, 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 (Sedrakʿ) German: Schadrach Greek: Ancient Greek: Σεδράχ (Sedrákh)

given name

Armenian: Սեդրակ (Sedrak)

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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