עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ ʻEbed Melek

Hebrew · Strong's H5663 · pronounced eh'-bed meh'-lek · used 12 times in 6 verses

Meaning

Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah

In the King James Version: Ebed-melech.

Derivation: from H5650 (עֶבֶד) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); servant of a king;

Jeremiah 38:7 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,
Jeremiah 38:8 Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
Jeremiah 38:10 So 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.”
Jeremiah 38:11 Then 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.
Jeremiah 38:12 Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
Jeremiah 39:16 “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.