Ebed Melek: "servant of a king," an official under King Zedekiah
Original Word: עֶ֫בֶד־מֶ֫לֶך Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Ebed Melek Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-bed meh'-lek) Short Definition: Ebed-melech
Brown-Driver-Briggs
(= servant of the king, or < of (god) Melek, compare GrayProp. N. 117, 147 ff.); — Ethiopian official of Zedekiah Jeremiah 38:7,8,10,11,12; Jeremiah 39:16; .
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Ebed-melech
From ebed and melek; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah -- Ebed-melech.
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