How to Pronounce Hadrach

HAD-rack

Hadrach is pronounced HAD-rack (ˈhædræk): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: HAD-rak.

What does Hadrach mean?

Hadrach means “point; joy of tenderness”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Hadrach?

The name of a country (Zech. 9:1) which cannot be identified. Rawlinson would identify it with Edessa. He mentions that in the Assyrian inscriptions it is recorded that “Shalmanezer III. made two expeditions, the first against Damascus B.C. 773, and the second against Hadrach B.C. 772; and again that Asshurdanin-il II. made expeditions against Hadrach in B.C. 765 and 755.”

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Also pronounced

HAD-rak

Found in Scripture

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