belshatsar · Belshazzar

What it means

belshatsar (בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “Belshazzar”.

(the Aramaic form of the name): the last king of Babylon in the book of Daniel.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 5:1

  King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he was drinking wine.

• Daniel 5:2

  Belshazzar, at the taste of the wine, said to bring the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.

• Daniel 5:9

  Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his color changed on him, and his nobles were perplexed.

• Daniel 5:22

  And you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this.

• Daniel 5:29

  Then Belshazzar gave the word, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a necklace of gold on his neck, and they proclaimed concerning him that he would be ruler as third in the kingdom.

• Daniel 5:30

  In that very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.

• Daniel 7:1

  In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head on his bed; then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.