Word Study · Strong's H5663 · Hebrew
עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ
Ebed Melek
eh'-bed meh'-lek
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻEbed Melek
“Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah
Rendered in the KJV as
Ebed-melech.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- מֶ֨לֶךְ4
- עֶֽבֶד־4
- לְעֶבֶד־1
- מֶ֖לֶךְ1
- מֶ֥לֶךְ1
- עֶבֶד־1
How it is rendered · 3
- Melech6
- Ebed5
- to Ebed1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)11
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpm · 11
- HR/Npm · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Jeremiah12 occurrences
- Jeremiah 38:7עֶֽבֶד־ʾeved-proper noun (a name)Now 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,here: Ebed
- Jeremiah 38:7מֶ֨לֶךְmelekhproper noun (a name)Now 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,here: Melech
- Jeremiah 38:8עֶֽבֶד־ʾeved-proper noun (a name)Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,here: Ebed
- Jeremiah 38:8מֶ֖לֶךְmelekhproper noun (a name)Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,here: Melech
- Jeremiah 38:10עֶֽבֶד־ʾeved-proper noun (a name)So 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.”here: Ebed
- Jeremiah 38:10מֶ֥לֶךְmelekhproper noun (a name)So 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.”here: Melech
- Jeremiah 38:11עֶֽבֶד־ʾeved-proper noun (a name)Then 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.here: Ebed
- Jeremiah 38:11מֶ֨לֶךְmelekhproper noun (a name)Then 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.here: Melech
- Jeremiah 38:12עֶבֶד־ʾeved-proper noun (a name)Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,here: Ebed
- Jeremiah 38:12מֶ֨לֶךְmelekhproper noun (a name)Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,here: Melech
- Jeremiah 39:16לְעֶבֶד־leeved-preposition + proper noun (a name)“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.here: to Ebed
- Jeremiah 39:16מֶ֨לֶךְmelekhproper noun (a name)“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.here: Melech