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Bible Dictionary

Melzar

Probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court (Dan. 1:11, 16) who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

, chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court (Dan. 1:11, 16) who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(steward). The Authorized Version is wrong in regarding melzar as a proper name; it is rather an official title, (Daniel 1:11,16) the marginal reading, “the steward,” is therefore more correct.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

" Dan 1:11, Ex 17:16.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

circumcision of a narrow place, or of a bond

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Daniel 1:11 Daniel 1:16 Daniel 1:11 Exodus 17:16 Daniel 1:11 Exodus 17:16
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