BibleContextAbout
Person

Melzar

Male

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.

Key verses

Daniel 1:16
So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.
Daniel 1:11
Then Daniel said to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: