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Strong's #5663 - עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ

Transliteration

ʻEbed Melek

Phonetics

eh'-bed meh'-lek

Origin

from (H5650) and (H4428)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Jeremiah 6

BSB (6)

Jeremiah 12

CSB (6)

Jeremiah 6

ESV (6)

Jeremiah 6

KJV (6)

Jeremiah 6

LEB (6)

Jeremiah 6

LSB (6)

Jeremiah 6

N95 (6)

Jeremiah 6

NAS (6)

Jeremiah 6

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

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.

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