Given name
Ebed-melech
“a servant in the king's house”
Ebed-melech is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a servant in the king's house.”
Original Hebrewעבד־מלך
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a servant in the king's house.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ebed-melech appears in Jeremiah 38:7.
From biblical name research
Ebed-melech’s family of names
See also 22
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