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Furnace vs Shadrach - What's the difference?

furnace | shadrach |

As a noun furnace

is a device for heating.

As a verb furnace

is to heat in a furnace.

As a proper noun shadrach is

(biblical character) one of the captives in the bible that came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.

furnace

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device for heating.
  • A device that heats materials being processed in a factory.
  • A device that provides heat for a building.
  • Any area that is excessively hot.
  • (figurative) A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
  • * William Tyndale, (Tyndale Bible), :
    • For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte, to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce, as it is come to passe this daye.

    Verb

    (furnac)
  • To heat in a furnace

    • shadrach

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical character) One of the captives in the Bible that came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
  • of biblical origin.

    • Quotations

    * *: And these three men, Shadrach , Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

    Coordinate terms

    * (one of the captives that came out of the fiery furnace unharmed) Abednego, Meshach