Definition of Belshazzar

1. 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).

Category relationships: Old Testament
Generic synonyms: Full General, General

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belshazzar

Bells
Belluno
Belmont
Belmont Park
Belmont Stakes
Belmopan
Belo Horizonte
Belonidae
Belorussia
Belorussian
Belostomatidae
Belsen
Belsey Mark IV operation
Belsey Mark IV procedure
Belsey Mark V procedure
Belshazzar
Beltane
Beltian body
Beltway
Beltway bandit
Beltway bandits
Beluga
Belugas
Belvoir
Belvoir Hunt
Belyando spew
Belzebuth
Bemba
Bemberg
Bembergs

Literary usage of Belshazzar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Songs and Other Small Poems by Barry Cornwall (1851)
"belshazzar is King ! belshazzar is Lord ! And a thousand dark nobles all bend at his board ... They are read,—and belshazzar is dead on the ground ! Hark! ..."

2. Studies in Reading by James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin (1912)
""belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, ... belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver ..."

3. The Historical Evidences of the Truth of the Scripture Records States Anew by George Rawlinson (1860)
"it has been by many supposed that that prince must be identical with Daniel's belshazzar C35) — the last native ruler mentioned in Scripture. ..."

4. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse by Joseph Friedlander, George Alexander Kohut (1917)
"belshazzar is Lord! •^ And a thousand dark nobles all bend at his board; Fruits glisten, flowers blossom, meats steam, and a flood Of wine that man loveth ..."

5. The National Fourth Reader: Containing a Course of Instruction in Elocution by Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson (1864)
"belshazzar is lord! -D And a thousand dark nobles all bend at his board; Fruits glisten, flowers blossom, meats steam, and a flood Of the wine that man ..."

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