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Belteshazzar

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[bel-tuh-shaz-er] / ˌbɛl təˈʃæz ər /

noun

  1. the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Daniel 1:7.


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"Belteshazzar," said Arioch, "thou are admitted; and may the gods give thee success."

From The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon by Hayne, Mark

Belteshazzar, whose wonderful display of wisdom astonished the city on the day of examination?

From The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon by Hayne, Mark

"Belteshazzar," cried the king, "art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?"

From The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon by Hayne, Mark

"Do not be distressed by the dream or its interpretation, Belteshazzar," Nebuchadnezzar said in his gentlest tones; for he saw that the dream meant something bad, and that Daniel did not like to tell him.

From Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

The king answered and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, trouble thee.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green