The meaning of “עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ”

Understanding ʻEbed Melek reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

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Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ

Phoneticeh'-bed meh'-lek

TransliterationʻEbed Melek

Grammar Code

N:N-M-P

Noun

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Ebed-melech. - § Ebed-melech = "servant of the king" - Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah 1) an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of king Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

6 total references

Reference	Text
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

Book Distribution

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