How to Pronounce Melzar

MEL-zahr

Melzar is pronounced MEL-zahr (ˈmɛlzɑːr): two syllables, stress on the first.

What does Melzar mean?

Melzar means “circumcision of a narrow place, or of a bond”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Who was Melzar?

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.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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