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Webster 1913 Edition


Shadrach

Sha′drach

,
Noun.
(Metal.)
A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; – so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See
Dan. iii. 26, 27.
)

Definition 2024


Shadrach

Shadrach

English

Proper noun

Shadrach

  1. (biblical) One of the captives in the Bible that came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
  2. A male given name of biblical origin.

Quotations

  • 1611, Bible (KJV), 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