עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ (e.ved me.lekh) means “Ebed-melech” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: eh'-bed meh'-lek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ · e.ved me.lekh · Ebed-melech
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.38.7 § Ebed-melech = "servant of the king" an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of king Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison
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from H5650 (עֶבֶד) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah
KJV glosses: Ebed-melech.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
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| vvv | 6 |
| ebed-melech | 4 |
| now ebed-melech | 1 |
| then ebed-melech | 1 |
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| ebedmelech | 2 |
| and ebedmelech | 1 |
| now when ebedmelech | 1 |
| so ebedmelech | 1 |
| to ebedmelech | 1 |
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Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
Read word by wordEbed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
Read word by wordSo the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
Read word by wordThen Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
Read word by wordEbed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
Read word by word“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
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