1112. Beleshatstsar
Strong's Lexicon
Beleshatstsar: Belshazzar

Original Word: בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Beleshatstsar
Pronunciation: beh-leh-shat-sar
Phonetic Spelling: (bale-shats-tsar')
Definition: Belshazzar
Meaning: Belshatstsar

Word Origin: Derived from the Akkadian name "Bel-shar-usur," meaning "Bel, protect the king."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G920 (Βαλτάσαρ, Baltasar): The Greek equivalent of Belshazzar, used in the Septuagint and the New Testament.

Usage: Belshazzar is a Babylonian name meaning "Bel, protect the king." In the Bible, it refers to the last king of Babylon, who is most famously known for the "writing on the wall" incident in the Book of Daniel. His name signifies a plea for protection from the Babylonian god Bel (also known as Marduk).

Cultural and Historical Background: Belshazzar was a historical figure who served as co-regent with his father, Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The Book of Daniel portrays him as a ruler who held a great feast during which he profaned the sacred vessels from the Jerusalem Temple. This act led to the divine judgment symbolized by the mysterious writing on the wall, which Daniel interpreted as the imminent fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians. Historically, Belshazzar's reign ended with the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great in 539 BC.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
"Bel, protect the king," a Bab. king
NASB Translation
Belshazzar (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
ֵ˜בּלְאשַׁצַּר proper name, masculine (Bêl-šar-uƒur, Bel, protect the king COT Daniel 5:1) Daniel 8:1; represented as king of Babylon, successor, and apparently son of Nebuchadrezzar (Daniel 5:1,2,11 etc.); in cuneiform inscription known only as prince, son of Nabonidus (last Shemitic king of Babylon), see COT 1.c.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Belshazzar

Or Belshatstsar {bale-shats-tsar'}; of foreign origin (compare Beltsha'tstsar); Belshatstsar, a Babylonian king -- Belshazzar.

see HEBREW Beltsha'tstsar

Forms and Transliterations
בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֣ר בלאשצר bê·lə·šaṣ·ṣar bêləšaṣṣar beleshatzTzar
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Englishman's Concordance
Daniel 8:1
HEB: שָׁל֔וֹשׁ לְמַלְכ֖וּת בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֣ר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ חָז֞וֹן
NAS: of the reign of Belshazzar the king
KJV: of king Belshazzar a vision
INT: the third of the reign of Belshazzar the king A vision

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Strong's Hebrew 1112
1 Occurrence


bê·lə·šaṣ·ṣar — 1 Occ.
















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