Bible Dictionary · B
Butler
Properly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen 40:1–13; Gen 41:9). The Hebrew word, mashkeh, thus translated is rendered also (plural) “cup-bearers” (1 Kgs 10:5; 2 Chr 9:4). Nehemiah (Neh 1:11) was cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of great responsibility and honour in royal households.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
