English Explanatory Dictionary

Shadrach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
noun
  1. Synonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”).

Word forms

Shadrach Sedrach Shedrack Shadrak Sidrach Sydrac Shadrachs

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /⁠šadrak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.

Synonyms

Hananiah salamander
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