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Lexicon :: Strong's H5663 - ʿeḇeḏ meleḵ

Aa
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 BoxJer 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - But Ebed-melech H5663 the Ethiopian, H3569 [fn]a eunuch, H5631 while he was in the king’s H4428 palace, H1004 heard H8085 that they had put H5414 Jeremiah H3414 into the cistern. H953 Now the king H4428 was sitting H3427 in the Gate H8179 of Benjamin; H1144

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:8 - and Ebed-melech H5663 went H3318 out from the king’s H4428 palace H1004 and spoke H1696 to the king, H4428 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Ebed-melech H5663 the Ethiopian, H3569 saying, H559 “Take H3947 thirty H7970 men H376 from here H2088 [fn]under your authority H3027 and bring H5927 up Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 from the cistern H953 before H2962 he dies.” H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-melech H5663 took H3947 the men H376 under his [fn]authority H3027 and went H935 into the king’s H4428 palace H1004 to a place beneath H8478 the storeroom H214 and took H3947 from there H8033 worn-out H1094 clothes H5499 and worn-out H1094 rags H4418 and let H7971 them down H7971 by ropes H2256 into the cistern H953 to Jeremiah. H3414

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - Then Ebed-melech H5663 the Ethiopian H3569 said H559 to Jeremiah, H3414 “Now H4994 put H7760 these worn-out H1094 clothes H5499 and rags H4418 under H8478 your armpits H679 H3027 under H8478 the ropes”; H2256 and Jeremiah H3414 did H6213 so. H3651

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16 - “Go H1980 and speak H559 to Ebed-melech H5663 the Ethiopian, H3569 saying, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 “Behold, H2009 I am about to bring H935 My words H1697 on this H2088 city H5892 for disaster H7451 and not for [fn]prosperity; H2896 and they will take H1961 place H1961 before H6440 you on that day. H3117
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