4453. meltsar
Strong's Concordance
meltsar: perhaps guardian
Original Word: הַמֶּלְצַר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: meltsar
Phonetic Spelling: (mel-tsawr')
Short Definition: overseer
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מֶלְצָר noun masculine a Babylonian title; dubious; perhaps guardian ? (SchrCOT Daniel 1:11 DlBaer Dn xi conjecture loan-word from Assyrian maƒ(ƒ)aru, keeper, guardian, compare DlHWB 423; hardly connected with (modern) Persian mulsaru 'Kellermeister' (compare Meinh.), see against this Bev); — only with article ׳הַמּ Daniel 1:11,16.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Melzar

Of Persian derivation; the butler or other officer in the Babylonian court -- Melzar.

Forms and Transliterations
הַמֶּלְצַ֑ר הַמֶּלְצַ֗ר המלצר ham·mel·ṣar hammelṣar hammelTzar
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Strong's Hebrew 4453
2 Occurrences


ham·mel·ṣar — 2 Occ.

Daniel 1:11
HEB: דָּנִיֵּ֖אל אֶל־ הַמֶּלְצַ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִנָּה֙
NAS: said to the overseer whom
KJV: Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince
INT: Daniel to the overseer whom had appointed

Daniel 1:16
HEB: וַיְהִ֣י הַמֶּלְצַ֗ר נֹשֵׂא֙ אֶת־
NAS: So the overseer continued to withhold
KJV: Thus Melzar took away
INT: continued the overseer to withhold their choice

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