Bêlshaʼtstsar — H1113

Definition

masculine proper noun

Belshatstsar, a Babylonian king

1. Belshazzar = "Bel protect the king"
2. king of Babylon at the time of its fall; he to whom Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall

Usually translated as

Belshazzar

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1112

• Bêlshaʼtstsar (H1112)

Occurrences

Bêlshaʼtstsar occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (7)

• Daniel 5:1 — Belshazzar (בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣ר) the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
• Daniel 5:2 — Belshazzar (בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֞ר), whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
• Daniel 5:9 — Then was king Belshazzar (בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙) greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
• Daniel 5:22 — And thou his son, O Belshazzar (בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔ר), hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
• Daniel 5:29 — Then commanded Belshazzar (בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֗ר), and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:30 — In that night was Belshazzar (בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר) the king of the Chaldeans slain.
• Daniel 7:1 — In the first year of Belshazzar (לְבֵלְאשַׁצַּר֙) king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.