עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ
e.ved me.lekhEbed-melech
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man12 occurrences1 book6 verses
This is the name of Ebed-melech: Ethiopian eunuch who rescued Jeremiah from a cistern.
Definition
from H5650 and H4428; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah
Traditional renderings: Ebed-melech.
Traditional renderings: Ebed-melech.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
12 total
- Jeremiah 38:7 (2×)עֶֽבֶד־; מֶ֨לֶךְ · Now Ebed-melechNow 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 (2×)עֶֽבֶד־; מֶ֖לֶךְ · Ebed-melechEbed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
- Jeremiah 38:10 (2×)עֶֽבֶד־; מֶ֥לֶךְ · Ebed-melechSo 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 (2×)עֶֽבֶד־; מֶ֨לֶךְ · Then Ebed-melechThen 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 (2×)עֶבֶד־; מֶ֨לֶךְ · Ebed-melechEbed-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 (2×)לְעֶבֶד־; מֶ֨לֶךְ · Ebed-melech“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.