Home › Words › S › shadrachshadrachshadrach means hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shadrach ranks #2,165 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /šadrak/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.nameHananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.nounSynonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shandry 56% match — Synonym of shandrydan. vs shadrach →calidarium 55% match — Synonym of caldarium. vs shadrach →dogiron 54% match — Synonym of andiron. vs shadrach →anthracosaurian 53% match — Synonym of anthracosaur. vs shadrach →beshiver 53% match — Synonym of shiver (“break into fragments”). vs shadrach →solifugid 53% match — Synonym of camel spiders. vs shadrach →dudleyite 52% match — Synonym of vermiculite. vs shadrach →chimneyboard 52% match — Synonym of fireboard. vs shadrach →