שַׁדְרַךְ
Shadrak · shad-rak'
{Shadrak, the Babylonian name of one of Daniel's companions}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) the same as H7714 (שַׁדְרַךְ)
{Shadrak, the Babylonian name of one of Daniel's companions}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shadrach.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers
To consume, to destroy of the doorway, the way in of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁדְרַךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shadrach11 · 79%
- of shadrach2 · 14%
- o shadrach1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel14
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.