H5663 עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ (ʻEbed Melek) eh'-bed meh'-lek

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Ebed-melech

Biblical Persons & Places

Ebed-melech Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.38.7; only referred to as Ebed-melech (עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ).

Strong's Definition

Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah

Derivation: from H5650 (עֶבֶד) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); servant of a king;

KJV Usage: Ebed-melech.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ebed-melech = "servant of the king"

1) an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of king Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ (e.ved me.lekh) — 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ (H5663) — עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ

name · עֶבֶד · מֶלֶךְ

Names of People

Ebed-Melek = man; ◄ Cushite; ► eunuch; time of king Zedekiah, who saved Jeremiah from a cistern

JER 38:7 · JER 38:8 · JER 38:10 · JER 38:11 · JER 38:12 · JER 39:16

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ n.pr.m. (= servant of the king);—Eth. official of Zedekiah base

Bible Occurrences (6)

38:7 38:8 38:10 38:11 38:12 39:16

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melech the Cushite,... a court official... in the royal... palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

Jeremiah 38:8

Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king...,

Jeremiah 38:10

So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite,... Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

Jeremiah 38:11

Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

Jeremiah 38:12

Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, Put... these worn-out rags and clothes... under your arms...... to pad the ropes. Jeremiah did so,

Jeremiah 39:16

Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what... the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel,... says: I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.