Word Study · Strong's H4453 · Hebrew
מֶלְצָר
meltsar
mel-tsawr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: meltsâr
“the butler or other officer in the Babylonian court”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the butler or other officer in the Babylonian court
Rendered in the KJV as
Melzar.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַמֶּלְצַ֑ר1
- הַמֶּלְצַ֗ר1
How it is rendered · 1
- the guardian2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
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- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 1:11הַמֶּלְצַ֑רhameltzarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,here: the guardian
- Daniel 1:16הַמֶּלְצַ֗רhameltzarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.here: the guardian