Melzar
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Melzar A proper name (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ), or official title (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘steward’) in Daniel 1:11; Daniel 1:16 , in both cases with the article. It is generally agreed that the word is a loan-word from the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] massaru , ‘guardian,’ and stands for one who was teacher and warden of the royal wards. Cheyne, however, is led by the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] to conclude for Belshazzar as the true reading, and to read in Daniel 1:11 : ‘And Daniel said to Belshazzar, prince of the eunuchs,’ etc.
W. F. Cobb.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
An official title, for the precedes Melzar in the Hebrew "The steward" or" tutor," superintending the nurture and education of the young, subordinate to "the master of the eunuchs" ( Daniel 1:11; Daniel 1:16); from Persian Mal Cara , "head cupbearer," or Nazar to guard.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]
Melzar. (Steward). The Authorized Version is wrong in regarding melzar as a proper name; it is rather an official title, Daniel 1:11; Daniel 1:16, the marginal reading, "the steward," is, therefore, more correct.
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [4]
The government of the person of Daniel and his companions when captives in Babylon, ( Daniel 1:16) The word Melzar is of the Chaldean language, and signifies steward.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]
One under whom Danieland his companions were placed in Babylon. Daniel 1:11-16 . The Hebrew has the article, and it is supposed to be a title, as 'the steward,' rather than a proper name.
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [6]
The name or the official title of a butler or steward at the court of Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 1:11-16 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [7]
Daniel 1:11 1:16
Easton's Bible Dictionary [8]
Daniel 1:11,16
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]
(Hebrews meltsar', מֶלְצִר , prob. from the Pers. Master Of Wine , i.e. chief butler; so Bohlen, Symbol . p. 22; others, Treasurer ), the title rather than the name of an officer in the Babylonian court (as in the margin, "steward," but Sept. Ἀμερσάρ , on account of the Hebrews art., Vulg. Malasar ), being that of the person who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths in training for promotion as magi ( Daniel 1:11; Daniel 1:16; comp. Lengerke, Stuart, Comment . ad loc.). "The Melzar was subordinate to the ‘ master of the eunuchs;' his office was to superintend the nurture and education of the young; he thus combined the duties of the Greek Παιδαγωγός and Τροφεύς , and more nearly resembles our ‘ tutor' than any other officer. As to the origin of the term, there is some doubt; it is generally regarded as of Persian origin, the words Mal Cara giving the sense of ‘ head cup-bearer;' Furst ( Lex . s.v.) suggests its connection with the Hebrew Nazar , ‘ to guard."'
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [10]
mel´zar ( המּלצר , ha - melcar ; Septuagint Ἀβιεσδρί , Abiesdrı́ , Theod. Ἁμελσάδ , Hamelsád ): Possibly a transliteration of the Babylonian Ameluucur, the officer to whom was entrusted the bringing-up of Daniel and his three companions ( Daniel 1:11 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "the steward," margin "Hebrew: Hammelzar"). It has been suggested that the name is not the name of a person, but denotes the office of guardian, like the Babylonian maṣṣaru . In this case the l would come by dissimulation from the first of the two ṣ sounds, which on its side has come from an assimilated n , the root being naṣaru , "to protect" "to guard."
References
- ↑ Melzar from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Melzar from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Melzar from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Melzar from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
- ↑ Melzar from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Melzar from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Melzar from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Melzar from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Melzar from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Melzar from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia