eved-melech · Ebed-melech

What it means

eved-melech (עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ebed-melech”.

A name meaning "servant of the king"; a Cushite official of King Zedekiah who rescued Jeremiah from the cistern.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Jeremiah 38:7

  And Ebed-melech the Cushite, a man, a court official, and he was in the house of the king, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern —now the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin—

• Jeremiah 38:8

  And Ebed-melech went out from the house of the king and spoke to the king, saying,

• Jeremiah 38:10

  Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying, “Take with you from here thirty men, and bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the cistern before he dies.”

• Jeremiah 38:11

  So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king, to a place under the treasury, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, and let them down to Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes.

• Jeremiah 38:12

  And Ebed-melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Put, please, the old rags and the worn-out clothes under your armpits, beneath the ropes.” And Jeremiah did so.

• Jeremiah 39:16

  “Go, and say to Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am bringing my words to this city for evil and not for good, and they will be before you on that day.

And 6 more times.