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shadrach

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
shadrach
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.

name

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

noun

Synonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”).

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

  • Root: שדרך, *čiθráh

Inflected Forms

Sedrach (alternative) Shedrack (alternative) Shadrak (alternative) Sidrach (alternative) Sydrac (alternative) Shadrachs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Abednego Meshach

Synonyms

Hananiah salamander

Questions

What does shadrach mean?
Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
Where does shadrach come from?
From Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /⁠šadrak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.

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