Baltasar

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bal-tā´sar (Βαλτασάρ, Baltasár; the King James Version Balthasar):

(1) The Greek of Hebrew, בּלטשׁאצר, bēlṭesha'ccar, or בּלטאשׁצּר, bēlṭe'shaccar, perhaps corresponding to ר, Balâṭ-šar-uṣur, “protect the life of the king,” the Babylonian cognomen of Daniel. Compare Belteshazzar (Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:26; Daniel 4:8, et al.).

(2) Baltasar is also the Greek of the Hebrew בּלשׁאצּר, bēlsha'ccar, or בּלאשׁצּר, bēl'shaccar, the name of the last king of Babylon (corresponding to the Babylonian Bêl-šar-uṣur; Schrader, Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament, III, 396; Syriac Blitshazzar; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 AD) Baltassar). Compare Baruch 1:11 and Belshazzar (Daniel 5:1; Daniel 7:1; Daniel 8:1).

(3) The name of one of the Magi who according to the legend visited Jesus at Bethlehem: Melchior from Nubia, Balthasar from Godolia, Caspar from Tharsis.