עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ
ʻEbed Melek · eh'-bed meh'-lek
Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5650 (עֶבֶד) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); servant of a king;
Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ebed-melech.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers
To see and know of the house, what is within of the doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ebedmelech2 · 33%
- now when ebedmelech1 · 17%
- so ebedmelech1 · 17%
- and ebedmelech1 · 17%
- to ebedmelech1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
- Jeremiah12
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.