Lexicon / H5663
עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ
e.ved me.lekh
  • Ebed-melech
  • servant of the king

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: 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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: servant of the king

עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ n.pr.m servant of the king . (=);—Eth. official of Zedekiah