Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5663 - עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ Ebed Melek

Original Word:	עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ
Transliteration:	Ebed Melek
Phonetic Spelling:	(eh'-bed meh'-lek)
Definition:	"servant of a king", an official under King Zedekiah
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Ebed-melech

From ebed and melek; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah -- Ebed-melech.

see HEBREW ebed

see HEBREW melek

Englishman's Concordance

Ebed-melech=“servant of the king”
1) an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of king Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5650 and H4428

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְproper name, masculine (=servant of the king, or < of (god) Melek, compare Gray^{Prop. N. 117, 147 ff.}); — Ethiopian official of Zedekiah Jeremiah 38:7,8,10,11,12; Jeremiah 39:16; ᵐ5Αβδεμελεχ.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5663. עֶ֫בֶד־מֶ֫לֶך (Ebed Melek) — 6 Occurrences

Jeremiah 38:7
HEB:וַיִּשְׁמַ֡ע עֶֽבֶד־ מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י אִ֣ישׁ
NAS:But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,
KJV:Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one
INT: heard Ebed-melech the Ethiopian one

Jeremiah 38:8
HEB:וַיֵּצֵ֥א עֶֽבֶד־ מֶ֖לֶךְ מִבֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
NAS:and Ebed-melech went
KJV:Ebedmelech went forth
INT: went and Ebed-melech palace the king's

Jeremiah 38:10
HEB:אֵ֛ת עֶֽבֶד־ מֶ֥לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר
NAS: commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,
KJV: commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,
INT: commanded the king Ebed-melech the Ethiopian saying

Jeremiah 38:11
HEB:וַיִּקַּ֣ח ׀ עֶֽבֶד־ מֶ֨לֶךְ אֶת־ הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים
NAS:So Ebed-melech took the men
KJV:So Ebedmelech took the men
INT: took Ebed-melech the men his authority

Jeremiah 38:12
HEB:וַיֹּ֡אמֶר עֶבֶד־ מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י אֶֽל־
NAS:Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said
KJV:And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said
INT: said Ebed-melech the Ethiopian to

Jeremiah 39:16
HEB:וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ לְעֶבֶד־ מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר
NAS: and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,
KJV: and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,
INT: Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian saying

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