Strongs Number: H7714
- Hebrew Word
- שַׁדְרַךְ
- Transliteration
- Shadrak
- Phonetic
- shad-rak'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
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{Shadrak} the Babylonian name of one of Daniel´ s companions
- BDB Definition
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Shadrach = "royal" or "the great scribe"
1. the godly friend of Daniel whom Nebuchadnezzar renamed Shadrach; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord
a. also, 'Hananiah' (02608)
- Origin
- Probably of foreign origin
- Bible Usage
- Shadrach.