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`steward`

מֶלְצָרStrong’s H4453

meltsar (mel-tsar)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Meltsar is the Hebrew word usually translated “guardian”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,”
Daniel 1:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. Guardian, an officer of the court
How it's translated
  • the guardian 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מֶלְצָר meltsar · `steward`

guardian, an officer of the court or Melzar - a man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.1.11; also translated "steward";

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “steward” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

STEWARD, noun

[G., a room. The steward was then originally a chamberlain or a butler.]

  1. A man employed in great families to manage the domestic concerns, superintend the other servants, collect the rents or income, keep the accounts, etc. Genesis 15:2
  2. An officer of state; as lord high steward; steward of the household, etc.
  3. In colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the concerns of the kitchen.
  4. In a ship of war, an officer who is appointed by the purser to distribute provisions to the officers and crew.
All definitions and other forms of “steward”
  1. In Scripture and theology, a minister of Christ, whose duty is to dispense the provisions of the gospel, to preach its doctrines and administer its ordinances.“It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” 1 Corinthians 4:2

STEWARD, verb transitive

To manage as a steward [Not in use.]

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.