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Strong's #5663 - עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ

Transliteration
ʻEbed Melek
Phonetics
eh'-bed meh'-lek
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H5650) and (H4428)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Ebed-melech = “servant of the king”

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

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (6)
Jeremiah 6
NAS (6)
Jeremiah 6
HCS (6)
Jeremiah 6
BSB (6)
Jeremiah 6
ESV (6)
Jeremiah 6
WEB (6)
Jeremiah 6
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (= servant of the king, or < of (god) Melek, compare Gray Prop. N. 117,147 ff.); — Ethiopian official of Zedekiah Jeremiah 38:7,8,10,11,12; Jeremiah 39:16; ᵐ5 Αβδεμελεχ.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ (“servant of king,” Arabic الاك عبد Abdulmalich), [Ebed-melech], pr.n. of an Ethiopian in the court of Zedekiah, Jeremiah 38:7, 39:16.


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List of Word Forms
מֶ֖לֶךְ מֶ֥לֶךְ מֶ֨לֶךְ מלך me·leḵ Melech meleḵ
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