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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ebed-Melech

the king's servant

ATS Bible Dictionary

Ebed-Melech

An Ethiopian servant of king Zedekiah, who was instrumental in saving the prophet Jeremiah from famishing in a filthy dungeon, and was therefore preserved when Jerusalem was taken by Nebuzaradan, Jeremiah 38:7-13; 39:15-18. The Lord knoweth them that are his.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A servant of the king; probably an official title, an Ethiopian, "one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house;" i.e., in the palace of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He interceded with the king in Jeremiah's behalf, and was the means of saving him from death by famine (Jeremiah 38:7-13: Comp. 39:15-18).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

EBED-MELECH

e-bed-me'-lek, eb-ed-me'-lek (`ebhedh-mekekh, "servant of the king" or "of (god) Melek"):

An Ethiopian eunuch in the service of King Zedekiah, who interceded with the king for the prophet Jeremiah and rescued him from the dungeon into which he had been cast to die (Jeremiah 38:7-13). For this, the word of Yahweh through Jeremiah promised Ebed-meleeh that his life should be spared in the fall of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 39:15-18).

Strong's Hebrew

5663. Ebed Melek -- "servant of a king," an official under King ...
... "servant of a king," an official under King Zedekiah. Transliteration: Ebed Melek
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-bed meh'-lek) Short Definition: Ebed-melech. ...
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Library

Ebedmelech the Ethiopian
... EBEDMELECH THE ETHIOPIAN. ... Ebedmelech is a singular anticipation of that other
Ethiopian eunuch whom Philip met on the desert road to Gaza. ...
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Index of Names and Subjects.
... Duhm, Professor, 8, 15, 37, 38, 40, 82, 83, 91, 98, 115, 166, 194, 222, 227, 243,
244, 257, 268, 269, 276, 287, 295, 300, 312, 329, 375, etc. Ebed-Melech, 281. ...
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Expositions of Holy Scripture
... ZEDEKIAH. THE WORLD'S WAGES TO A PROPHET. THE LAST AGONY. EBEDMELECH THE ETHIOPIAN.
GOD'S PATIENT PLEADINGS. THE SWORD OF THE LORD. THE KINSMAN-REDEEMER. 'AS SODOM ...
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The Siege. (xxi, xxxii-xxxiv, xxxvii, xxxviii. )
... others seem to have stirred to rescue the Prophet"unless Baruch had a hand in what
he tells and is characteristically silent about it"Ebed-melech, a ...
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What the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of ...
... By it, our Lord Jesus, the good Ebedmelech, comes and casts down a cord
to us, and draws us up out of the pit of sin and misery. ...
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We Shall Follow the Example of Abdemelech, if we Believe that the ...
... 1190]. Footnotes: [1174] Ebedmelech means "servant of the king.". [1175]
S. John 16:13. [1176] S. John 16:13. [1177] S. Mark 13:32. ...
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The Way of Life and the Way of Death.
... is the Lord's." [3422] Thou shalt not accept persons when thou reprovest for sins;
but do as Elijah and Micaiah did to Ahab, and Ebedmelech the Ethiopian to ...
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Against Jovinianus.
... Their type is [4322] Ebed-melech the eunuch in Jeremiah, and the eunuch of Queen
Candace in the [4323] Acts of the Apostles, who on account of the strength of ...
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A Discourse
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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Seasonable Counsel: Or, Advice to Sufferers.
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/seasonable counsel or advice to.htm

Thesaurus

Ebedmelech (6 Occurrences)
... Comp. 39:15-18). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. EBED-MELECH. e ... 18).
Multi-Version Concordance Ebedmelech (6 Occurrences). Jeremiah ...
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Ebed-melech (6 Occurrences)
Ebed-melech. Ebedmelech, Ebed-melech. E'bed-Mel'ech . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
Ebedmelech, Ebed-melech. E'bed-Mel'ech . Reference Bible.
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E'bed-Mel'ech (6 Occurrences)
E'bed-Mel'ech. Ebed-melech, E'bed-Mel'ech. Ebenbohan . Multi-Version Concordance
E'bed-Mel'ech (6 Occurrences). Jeremiah 38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian ...
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Cushite (15 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 38:7 Now when Ebed-melech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the
king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then ...
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Dungeon (15 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's
house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting ...
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Water-hole (25 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 38:7 Now it came to the ears of Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an unsexed servant
in the king's house, that they had put Jeremiah into the water-hole; the ...
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Ethiopian (11 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's
house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting ...
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Worn-out (4 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 38:11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the
king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let ...
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Rotten (9 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 38:11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the
king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags ...
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Bible Concordance

Ebed-melech (6 Occurrences)

Jeremiah 38:7 Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon ( the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin, )
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 38:8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 38:10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 38:11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 38:12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 39:16 Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Ebed-Melech

Ebed-Melech: Jeremiah Rescued By

Ebed-Melech: Prophecy Concerning

Related Terms

Ebed-melech (6 Occurrences)

E'bed-Mel'ech (6 Occurrences)

Cushite (15 Occurrences)

Dungeon (15 Occurrences)

Water-hole (25 Occurrences)

Ethiopian (11 Occurrences)

Worn-out (4 Occurrences)