ʻEbed Melek — H5663

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah

1. Ebed-melech = "servant of the king"
2. an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of king Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison

Usually translated as

Ebed-melech

Origin

from H5650 and H4428; servant of a king

• Derived from ʻebed (H5650)
• Derived from Melek (H4428)

Occurrences

ʻEbed Melek occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (6)

• Jeremiah 38:7 — Now when Ebed-melech (עֶֽבֶד) 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;
• Jeremiah 38:8 — Ebed-melech (עֶֽבֶד) went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
• Jeremiah 38:10 — Then the king commanded Ebed-melech (עֶֽבֶד) the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
• Jeremiah 38:11 — So Ebed-melech (עֶֽבֶד) 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 38:12 — And Ebed-melech (עֶבֶד) 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 39:16 — Go and speak to Ebed-melech (לְעֶבֶד) 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.