# Shadrach

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #96,470

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
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