Ebed
Bible Usage:
- Ebed used 6 times.
- First Reference: Judges 9:26
- Last Reference: Ezra 8:6
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H5651 Used 6 times
Slave, the father of Gaal, in whom the men of Shechem "put confidence" in their conspiracy against Abimelech (Judges 9:26, 26, 30, 31).
a servant; laborer
1. Father of Gaal
Judges 9:26-35
2. A captive returned from Babylon
Ezra 8:6
(a servant). (Many MSS. have EBER.)
- Father of Gaal, who with his brethren assisted the men of Shechem in their revolt against Abimelech. (Judges 9:26,28,30,31,35) (B.C. 1206).
- Son of Jonathan; one of the Bene-Adin who returned form Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:6)
A servant of the king; probably an official title, an Ethiopian, "one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house;" i.e., in the palace of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He interceded with the king in Jeremiah's behalf, and was the means of saving him from death by famine (Jeremiah 38:7-13; comp. 39:15-18).
(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).
the king's servant