Word Summary
Ebed Melek: "servant of a king", an official under King Zedekiah
Original Word: עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְTransliteration: Ebed Melek
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-bed meh'-lek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "servant of a king", an official under King Zedekiah
Meaning: Ebed-melech -- "servant of a king", an official under King Zedekiah
Strong's Concordance
Ebed-melech
From ebed and melek; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah -- Ebed-melech.
see HEBREW ebed
see HEBREW melek
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5663. Ebed
Melek מֶ֫לֶךְ עֶ֫בֶד proper name, masculine (= servant of the king, or < of (god) Melek, compare GrayProp. N. 117, 147 ff.); — Ethiopian official of Zedekiah Jeremiah 38:7-8, 10, 11, 12; 39:16; ᵐ5 Αβδεμελεχ.