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Belshazzar

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Bel·shaz·zar  (bl-shzr)
Son of Nebuchadnezzar II and last king of Babylon, who in the Bible was warned of his doom by handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel.
Belshazzar [bɛlˈʃæzə]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) 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)
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Noun1.Belshazzar - (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)
Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
Translations
Belshazzar [belˈʃæzəʳ] N → Baltasar
Belshazzar's Feast → la Cena de Baltasar
Belshazzar
n Belshazzar’s Feast → Belsazars Gastmahl nt


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But he who in the rightly regal and intelligent spirit presides over his own private dinner-table of invited guests, that man's unchallenged power and dominion of individual influence for the time; that man's royalty of state transcends Belshazzar's, for Belshazzar was not the greatest.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Here, while the national prosperity feasts, like another Belshazzar, on the spectacle of its own magnificence, is the Writing on the Wall, which warns the monarch, Money, that his glory is weighed in the balance, and his power found wanting.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Then the letter that Villefort had showed to him recurred to his mind, and every line gleamed forth in fiery letters on the wall like the mene tekel upharsin of Belshazzar.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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