Ebed-melech
עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְStrong’s H5663eved melekh (e-ved me-lekh)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Eved melekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “melech” and “ebed”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.38.7
How it's translated
- melech 6
- ebed 5
- to ebed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 6
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 38:8Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
- Jeremiah 38:10Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
- Jeremiah 38:11So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 38:12And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
- Jeremiah 39:16Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
Hebrew dictionary
עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ eved melekh · Ebed-melech
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.38.7 § Ebed-melech = "servant of the king" an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of king Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.