Smith's Bible Dictionary
ButlerOne of the officers of the king's household, (Nehemiah 1:11) who had charge of the wine and poured it out for the king. The chief butler, as the title signifies, was in charge of the butlers. (Genesis 40:1-13)
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Properly a servant in charge of the wine (
Genesis 40:1-13;
41:9). The Hebrew word, mashkeh, thus translated is rendered also (plural) "cup-bearers" (
1 Kings 10:5;
2 Chronicles 9:4). Nehemiah (
1:11) was cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of great responsibility and honour in royal households.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(
n.) An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BUTLERbut'-ler: An officer in households of kings, or other dignitaries, having charge of wines and other potables. mashqeh, "one who gives drink" (Genesis 40:1-23; Genesis 41:9), rendered "cupbearer" in 1 Kings 10:5 2 Chronicles 9:4; Nehemiah 1:11. The office was one of consider ble importance in oriental courts, because of the danger to the king's life through plots of poison, etc. Nehemiah held this position to King Artaxerxes. Wealthy courts, as that of Solomon, usually had more than one (1 Kings 10:5); over these cupbearers or butlers was the sar ha-mash-qim, or chief butler (Genesis 40:9).
Edward Bagby Pollard
Strong's Hebrew
4945. mashqeh -- butler, cupbearer... 4944, 4945. mashqeh. 4945a .
butler, cupbearer. Transliteration: mashqeh
Phonetic Spelling: (mash-keh') Short Definition:
butler.
... /hebrew/4945.htm - 5k 4945a. mashqeh -- butler, cupbearer
... 4945, 4945a. mashqeh. 4945b . butler, cupbearer. Transliteration: mashqeh
Short Definition: cupbearer. Word Origin from shaqah Definition ...
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7262. Rabshaqeh -- perhaps "chief of the officers," an Assyr. ...
... military leader NASB Word Usage Rabshakeh (16). Rabshakeh. From rab and shaqah;
chief butler; Rabshakeh, a Bab. Official -- Rabshakeh. see HEBREW rab. ...
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4453. meltsar -- perhaps guardian
... Melzar. Of Persian derivation; the butler or other officer in the Babylonian court --
Melzar. 4452, 4453. meltsar. 4454 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/4453.htm - 5k
Library
Introduction.
... INTRODUCTION. Joseph Butler was born in 1692, youngest of eight children
of a linendraper at Wantage, in Berkshire. His father was ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/introduction.htm
Imagination in Prayer
... I NEVER see, or hear, or speak, or write the word "imagination" without being arrested
and recalled to what Pascal and Butler and Edwards have all said, with ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/xx imagination in prayer.htm
Human Nature
... Title Page. HUMAN NATURE AND OTHER SERMONS. BY JOSEPH BUTLER BISHOP OF DURHAM. CASSELL
& COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.1887. ...
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Joseph, a Servant, a Prisoner, and a Saint.
... One was his chief cook, and one was the chief butler, who always handed
the wine cup to the king, and Joseph had the care of them. ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter vii joseph a servant.htm
Joseph's Eagerness to Help Others
... After these things the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their
master the king of Egypt, and Pharaoh was so angry with these two officers that ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/josephs eagerness to help others.htm
Human Nature
Human Nature. <. Human Nature Joseph Butler. Edited by Henry Morley;
Transcribed from the 1887 Cassell & Co. edition by ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/
Upon Human Nature.
Human Nature. <. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon i upon human nature.htm
Upon Human Nature.
Human Nature. <. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon ii iii upon human.htm
The Natural Supremacy of Reflection
Human Nature. <. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon iii the natural supremacy.htm
Upon the Government of the Tongue.
Human Nature. <. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon iv upon the government.htm
Thesaurus
Butler (9 Occurrences)...BUTLER. but'-ler: An officer in households of kings, or other dignitaries, having
charge of wines and other potables.
...Butler (9 Occurrences).
.../b/butler.htm - 11kButlers (13 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Genesis 40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again;
and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: (Root in KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV). ...
/b/butlers.htm - 10k
Butlership (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The office of a butler. Multi-Version
Concordance Butlership (1 Occurrence). Genesis 40:21 And he ...
/b/butlership.htm - 6k
Cupbearer (10 Occurrences)
... This officer is first mentioned in Scripture in Genesis 40:1, where the Hebrew word
elsewhere translated "cupbearer" is rendered "butler." The phrase "chief of ...
/c/cupbearer.htm - 12k
Sardis (3 Occurrences)
... 361-62): Dr. CC Tracy, of Marsovan, has made a visit to ancient Sardis and observed
the work of his countryman, Professor Butler, of Princeton University, who ...
/s/sardis.htm - 13k
Conscience (36 Occurrences)
... "Let any plain, honest man," says Butler, "before he engages in any course of action,
ask himself, Is this I am going about right, or is it wrong? ...
/c/conscience.htm - 37k
Joseph (248 Occurrences)
... he had said. This led to Joseph's being remembered subsequently by the
chief butler when Pharaoh also dreamed. At his suggestion ...
/j/joseph.htm - 91k
Offended (26 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). Genesis 40:1 It happened after these things, that the butler of the king
of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt. ...
/o/offended.htm - 14k
Governor (78 Occurrences)
... (7.) Hebrews sar, a ruler or chief; a word of very general use. It is used of the
chief baker of Pharaoh (Genesis 40:16); of the chief butler (40:2, etc. ...
/g/governor.htm - 48k
Forgat (9 Occurrences)
... (pp) of Forget. Multi-Version Concordance Forgat (9 Occurrences). Genesis 40:23
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. (KJV ASV). ...
/f/forgat.htm - 8k
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