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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69994" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69994" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''Ebed-melech.''' ( ''Ç'Bed-Mç'Lek'' ), ( ''Thing'S Servant,'' an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of King Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison. Jeremiah 38:7 ff; Jeremiah 39:15-16. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50751" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50751" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Ebed-Melech]] </strong> . An Ethiop. ennuch, by whom Jeremiah was released from the pit-prison ( Jeremiah 38:7 ff; Jeremiah 39:15 ff.). It is possible that the name <em> Ebed-melech </em> , which means ‘servant of [the] king.’ may have been an official title. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15981" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15981" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72361" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72361" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''E'bed-me'lech.''' ''(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.; Jeremiah 39:15. ff. (B.C. 1589). </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47675" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47675" /> == | ||
<p> This man is spoken of with honourable testimony in Scripture, for his service to the prophet Jeremiah. His name shews who he was, Ebed, a servant, Melech, to the king. (See | <p> This man is spoken of with honourable testimony in Scripture, for his service to the prophet Jeremiah. His name shews who he was, Ebed, a servant, Melech, to the king. (See Jeremiah 38:7-13) </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39894" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39894" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38192" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38192" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrews E'bed-Me'lek, | <p> (Hebrews E'bed-Me'lek, '''''עֶבֶדמֶלֶךְ''''' '', [[Servant]] Of'' the ''King,'' i.e., Arabic ''Abd El-Malek,'' Sept. '''''Ἀβδεμέλεχ''''' ,Vulgate ''Abdemelech'' ), an Ethiopian at the court of Zedekiah, king of Judah, who was instrumental in saving the prophet Jeremiah from death by famine ( Jeremiah 38:7-13), and who, for his humanity in this circumstance, was promised deliverance when the city should fall into the enemy's hands ( Jeremiah 39:15-18). B.C. 589. (See [[Jeremiah]]). He is there styled a eunuch ( '''''אַישׁ''''' '''''סָרַיס''''' and he probably had charge of the king's harem (compare Jeremiah 38:22-23), an office which would give him the privilege of free private access to the king; but his name seems to be an official title = ''King'S Slave,'' i.e., [[Minister]] . (See [[Eunuch]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3290" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3290" /> == | ||
<p> '''''ē''''' -'''''bed''''' -'''''mē´lek''''' , '''''eb''''' -'''''ed''''' -'''''mē´lek''''' ( | <p> ''''' ē ''''' - ''''' bed ''''' - ''''' mē´lek ''''' , ''''' eb ''''' - ''''' ed ''''' - ''''' mē´lek ''''' ( עבד־מלך , <i> ''''' ‛ebhedh ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' mekekh ''''' </i> , "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 ). </p> | ||
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