Topic
Melzar
3 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Daniel 1:11Easton · Smith · ISBE
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
- Daniel 1:16Easton · Smith
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
- Daniel 1:11–16Nave The steward whom the prince of the eunuchs set over Daniel and the three Hebrew young men
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then let our countenances be looked upon…
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
mel'-zar (ha-meltsar; Septuagint Abiesdri, Theod. Hamelsad): Possibly a transliteration of the Babylonian Ameluucur, the officer to whom was entrusted the bringing-up of Daniel and his three companions (Da 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 maccaru. In this case the "l" would come by dissimulation from the first of the two "s" sounds, which on its side has come from an assimilated "n", the root being nacaru, "to protect" "to guard."
R. Dick Wilson
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → The steward whom the prince of the eunuchs set over Daniel and the three Hebrew young men Da 1:11-16
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.