Reference: Melzar

The name or the official title of a butler or steward at the court of Nebuchadnezzar, Da 1:11-16.

probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court (Da 1:11,16) who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths.

An official title, for the precedes Melzar in the Hebrew "The steward" or" tutor," superintending the nurture and education of the young, subordinate to "the master of the eunuchs" (Da 1:11,16); from Persian mal cara, "head cupbearer," or nazar to guard.

A proper name (AV), or official title (RV 'steward') in Da 1:11,16,

Mel'zar

One under whom Daniel and his companions were placed in Babylon. Da 1:11-16. The Hebrew has the article, and it is supposed to be a title, as 'the steward,' rather than a proper name.

(steward). The Authorized Version is wrong in regarding melzar as a proper name; it is rather an official title,

Da 1:11,16

the marginal reading, "the steward," is therefore more correct.