Belshazzar

[ bel-shaz-er ]

noun

1. a prince of Babylon, son of Nabonidus and co-regent with him, referred to in the Bible as a king of Babylon and son of Nebuchadnezzar.

Belshazzar

/ bɛlˈʃæzə /

noun

1. 6th century bc , the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet ( Belshazzar's Feast )

Word History and Origins

Origin of Belshazzar¹

From Hebrew Belshaṣṣar, from Akkadian Bēl-shar-uṣur “may Bel guard the king”

Example Sentences

Do not let us sit here like the great Belshazzar till the handwriting appears on the wall.

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I understand that this is believed to be the great palace where Belshazzar saw the handwriting on the wall.

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Belshazzar drew in his head with a hiss that I could hear even above the clamour of this intrusion.

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Our knees smote each other with fatigue, as Belshazzar's did with fear.

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Belshazzar, the king, made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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