Butler @ properly a servant in charge of the wine Genesis:40:1-13Genesis:41:9). The Hebrew word, _mashkeh_, thus translated is rendered also (plural) "cup-bearers" (kjvKings:10:5; 2Chronicals:9:4). Nehemiah (1:11) was cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of great responsibility and honour in royal households.