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.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Person
Melzar
Name meaning: circumcision of a narrow place, or of a bond (Hitchcock)
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(steward). The Authorized Version is wrong in regarding melzar as a proper name; it is rather an official title, (Daniel 1:11,16) the marginal reading, “the steward,” is therefore more correct.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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