(steward). The Authorized Version is wrong in regarding melzar as a proper name; it is rather an official title, (Daniel 1:11,16) the marginal reading, "the steward," is therefore more correct.
circumcision of a narrow place, or of a bond ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the B...
Easton's Bible Dictionary