H5663

עבד מלך

עבד מלך

ibadamalak

Proper masculine noun · From עבד (H5650) and מלך (H4428)

From H5650 and H4428; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah:—Ebed-melech.

Outline

Ebed-melech = "servant of the king"

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

Usages

Jeremiah 38:7

¶ Now when Ebed-melech 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;

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Jeremiah 38:8

Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,

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Jeremiah 38:10

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

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Jeremiah 38:11

So Ebed-melech 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.

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Jeremiah 38:12

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

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Jeremiah 39:16

Go and speak to Ebed-melech 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.

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