שַׁדְרַךְ

Daniel 2:49 לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ <obj.> Shadrach

And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.

Daniel 3:12 שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ Shadrach

But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

Here: The Babylonian court name given to Hananiah (1:7). The accusers use the names the court gave them, not their Hebrew names. The etymology is uncertain.

Daniel 3:13 לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ <obj.> Shadrach

Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,

Here: The court name given to Hananiah (1:7). The prefix lə- here marks the direct object, as Aramaic often does.

Daniel 3:14 שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ O Shadrach

and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?

Here: The Babylonian court name given to Hananiah (1:7). Its exact meaning is uncertain.

Daniel 3:16 שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ Shadrach

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

Here: The Babylonian court name given to Hananiah (1:7). The narrator uses the foreign names throughout the scene: the men are standing as officials of the Babylonian state.

Daniel 3:19 שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ Shadrach

At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

Here: The Babylonian court name given to Hananiah (1:7). Its etymology is uncertain. The king uses the names his own administration assigned.

Daniel 3:20 לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ <obj.> Shadrach

and he commanded some mighty men of valor in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:22 לְשַׁדְרַ֤ךְ <obj.> Shadrach

The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Daniel 3:23 שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ Shadrach

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the blazing fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:26 שַׁדְרַ֨ךְ שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ O Shadrach, Shadrach

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

Here: The Babylonian court name given to Hananiah (1:7). Where the name comes from is uncertain, but like the others it was probably a name honoring a Babylonian deity. The king addresses the men by the names Babylon gave them.

Daniel 3:28 שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ Shadrach

Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

Here: The Babylonian court name given to Hananiah (1:7). Where the name comes from is uncertain. The king uses the names his own court imposed.

Daniel 3:29 שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ Shadrach

Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

Here: The Babylonian court name given to Hananiah (1:7).

Daniel 3:30 לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ <obj.> Shadrach

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.