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Lexicon :: Strong's H5663 - ʿeḇeḏ meleḵ

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עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
ʿeḇeḏ meleḵ
Pronunciation
eh'-bed meh'-lek
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עבד מלך.

Strong’s Definitions

עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ ʻEbed Melek, eh'-bed meh'-lek; from H5650 and H4428; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah:—Ebed-melech.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H5663 in the following manner: Ebedmelech (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H5663 in the following manner: Ebedmelech (6x).

  1. Ebed-melech = "servant of the king"

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ ʻEbed Melek, eh'-bed meh'-lek; from H5650 and H4428; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah:—Ebed-melech.
STRONGS H5663: Abbreviations
† עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (= 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; Greek Version of the LXX Αβδεμελεχ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Jeremiah

38:7; 38:8; 38:10; 38:11; 38:12; 39:16

H5663

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5663 matches the Hebrew עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ (ʿeḇeḏ meleḵ),
which occurs 12 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who is in the king's house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:8 - and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - And the king commandeth Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying, 'Take with thee from this thirty men, and thou hast brought up Jeremiah the prophet from the pit, before he dieth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - And Ebed-Melech taketh the men with him, and entereth the house of the king, unto the place of the treasury, and taketh thence worn-out clouts, and worn-out rags, and sendeth them unto Jeremiah unto the pit by cords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - And Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith unto Jeremiah, 'Put, I pray thee, the worn-out clouts and rags under thine arm-holes, at the place of the cords,' and Jeremiah doth so,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16 - 'Go, and thou hast spoken to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in My words unto this city for evil, and not for good, and they have been before thee in that day.
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