# H5663 עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ

עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ (ʻEbed Melek), Strong’s H5663: Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah KJV: Ebed-melech.. Occurs 12 times.

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*ʻEbed Melek* — Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah

KJV: Ebed-melech.

Built from [עֶבֶד ʻebed](https://besorah.bible/word/H5650) (a servant) + [מֶלֶךְ melek](https://besorah.bible/word/H4428) (a king) — means “servant of a king”

Occurs 12 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ n.pr.m. (= servant of the king);—Eth. official of Zedekiah

## Where it occurs
- [Jeremiah 38:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=7) — Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the…
- [Jeremiah 38:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=8) — Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
- [Jeremiah 38:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=10) — Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the…
- [Jeremiah 38:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=11) — So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags…
- [Jeremiah 38:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=12) — Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the…
- [Jeremiah 39:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/39?v=16) — “Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring…