Belshazzar
pronunciation
How to pronounce Belshazzar in British English:
UK [belˈʃæzə]
How to pronounce Belshazzar in American English:
US [bɛlˈʃæzɚ]
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- Noun:
- (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC)
Word Origin
- Belshazzar
- last Chaldean king of Babylon (Dan. v), from Hebrew Belshatztzar, a contraction of Akkadian Bel-shar-usur, literally "Bel-protect-the-king" (see Bel).
Example
- 1. Two tableaux from the theatre music to belshazzar .
- 2. The belshazzar and the davis have dining rooms .
- 3. That very night belshazzar , the king of the chaldaeans , was put to death .
- 4. And you his descendant , belshazzar , have not humbled your heart , though you knew all this .
- 5. In the third year of the reign of belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me , daniel , after the one that appeared to me at the beginning .