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name
Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: Hananiah
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name
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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noun
Synonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”).
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Synonyms: salamander
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History
From Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /šadrak/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.
Across languages
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