Bible Dictionary: Ebedmelech

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ebedmelech

(a king's servant), an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of King Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison. (Jeremiah 38:7) ff.; Jere 39:15 ff. (B.C. 1589).

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).

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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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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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. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/lecture vi what the scriptures.htm

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 ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec i on the two ways.htm

A Discourse
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse.htm

Thesaurus

Ebedmelech (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Ebedmelech (6 Occurrences). ... Jeremiah 38:8 Ebedmelech went
forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying, (WEB KJV). ...
/e/ebedmelech.htm - 9k

E'bed-Mel'ech (6 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 ...
/e/e'bed-mel'ech.htm - 8k

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 ...
/d/dungeon.htm - 12k

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 ...
/e/ethiopian.htm - 18k

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 ...
/w/worn-out.htm - 7k

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 ...
/r/rotten.htm - 9k

Rags (6 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 ...
/r/rags.htm - 8k

Clouts (2 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 ...
/c/clouts.htm - 7k

Worn (29 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 ...
/w/worn.htm - 14k

Ropes (32 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 ...
/r/ropes.htm - 16k

Bible Concordance

Ebedmelech (6 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 in the gate of Benjamin),
(WEB KJV)

Jeremiah 38:8 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
(WEB KJV)

Jeremiah 38:10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.
(WEB KJV)

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 them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
(WEB KJV)

Jeremiah 38:12 Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so.
(WEB KJV)

Jeremiah 39:16 Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in that day.
(WEB KJV)

Subtopics

Ebedmelech

Related Terms

E'bed-Mel'ech (6 Occurrences)

Dungeon (15 Occurrences)

Ethiopian (11 Occurrences)

Worn-out (4 Occurrences)

Rotten (9 Occurrences)

Rags (6 Occurrences)

Clouts (2 Occurrences)

Worn (29 Occurrences)

Ropes (32 Occurrences)