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Person

Melzar

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Daniel 1:11. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

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In the Bible

All 2 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Daniel

  • Daniel 1:11

    Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

  • Daniel 1:16

    So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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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.

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