Strong H1113בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר
Belshazzar
- Transliteration
- bêlsha'tstsar
- Pronunciation
- bale-shats-tsar'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
(Chaldee); corresponding to H1112 : - Belshazzar.
Meaning of the name
Belshazzar = "Bel protect the king"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Belshazzar
The last Emperor of Babylon, son of Nabonidus.
Belshazzar, the last Emperor of Babylon, is mentioned in the book of Daniel as the son of Nebuchadnezzar (though historically known as the son of Nabonidus).
In the Bible
Strong H1113 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- belshazzar7
First verses
- Daniel 5:1Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- Daniel 5:2Belshazzar, 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 5:9Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
- Daniel 5:22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
- Daniel 5:29Then commanded Belshazzar, 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 5:30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
- Daniel 7:1In the first year of Belshazzar 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.