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Jeremiah 38

Jer. 38:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now when Ebed-melech
`Ebed (Hebrew #5663)
servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah
KJV usage: Ebed-melech.
Pronounce: Melek
Origin: from 5650 and 4428
e the Ethiopian
Kuwshiy (Hebrew #3569)
a Cushite, or descendant of Cush
KJV usage: Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
Pronounce: koo-shee'
Origin: patronymically from 3568
, one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of the eunuchs
cariyc (Hebrew #5631)
from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
KJV usage: chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare 7249.
Pronounce: saw-reece'
Origin: or caric {saw-reece'}
which was in the king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
, heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
that they had put
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
Jeremiah
Yirmyah (Hebrew #3414)
from 7311 and 3050; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Jeremiah.
Pronounce: yir-meh-yaw'
Origin: or Yirmyahuw {yir-meh-yaw'-hoo}
in the dungeon
bowr (Hebrew #953)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
KJV usage: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Pronounce: bore
Origin: from 952 (in the sense of 877)
; the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
then sitting
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
of Benjamin
Binyamiyn (Hebrew #1144)
son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Benjamin.
Pronounce: bin-yaw-mene'
Origin: from 1121 and 3225
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Jer. 39:16• 16Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. (Jer. 39:16)

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Eunuch,
Gate of Benjamin,
House,
Jeremiah,
Kings

Cross References

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Ebed-melech.
Jer. 39:16‑18• 16Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
 17But I will deliver thee in that day, saith Jehovah: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
 18For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 39:16‑18)
Ethiopian.
Jer. 13:23• 23{i}Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.{/i} (Jer. 13:23)
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Psa. 68:31• 31Princes shall come from Egypt;{HR}Cush shall haste to stretch out her hands to God. (Psa. 68:31)
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Matt. 8:11‑12• 11{i}But I say unto you, that many shall come from [the] rising and setting [sun], and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;{/i}
 12{i}but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.{/i} (Matt. 8:11‑12)
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Matt. 20:16• 16{i}Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.{/i} (Matt. 20:16)
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Luke 10:30‑36• 30{i}And Jesus replying said,{/i} A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho {i}and{/i} fell into [the hands of] robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away, leaving him in a half-dead state.
 31And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and, seeing him, passed on to the opposite side;
 32and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked [at him], and passed on the opposite side.
 33But a certain Samaritan journeying, came to him; and, seeing [him], was moved with compassion,
 34and came up, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, {i}and{/i} he put him on his own beast, and took him to [the] inn, and took care of him.
 35And on the morrow [as he left], taking out two denaria he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatever thou shalt expend more, I will render to thee on my coming back.
 36Which [now] of these three seems to thee was neighbour to him that fell into [the hands of] the robbers? (Luke 10:30‑36)
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Luke 13:29‑30• 29And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.
 30And behold, there are last which shall be first. And there are first which shall be last. (Luke 13:29‑30)
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Acts 8:27‑39• 27And he arose and went. And behold a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch in power under Candace, queen of [the] Ethiopians, who was over all her treasures, had come to worship at Jerusalem;
 28and he was returning and, as he sat in his chariot, was reading the prophet Isaiah.
 29And the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join thyself to this chariot.
 30And Philip running up heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
 31And he said, How can I unless someone shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
 32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this(
 33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away.
 34And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself or of some other?
 35And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached to him Jesus.
 36And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch said, Behold, water; what hindereth me to be baptized?
 37(Verse not included in this translation)
 38And he commanded the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
 39But when they came up out of the water, [the] Spirit of [the] Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing. (Acts 8:27‑39)
eunuchs.
Jer. 29:2• 2(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) (Jer. 29:2)
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Jer. 34:19• 19{i}—the princes of Judah and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf;{/i} (Jer. 34:19)
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2 Kings 24:15• 15{i}And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his chamberlains, and the mighty of the land, he led into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon;{/i} (2 Kings 24:15)
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2 Kings 24•  (2 Kings 24)
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the king.
Jer. 37:13• 13And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. (Jer. 37:13)
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Deut. 21:19• 19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place: (Deut. 21:19)
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Job 29:7‑17• 7When I went out to the gate by the city,{HR}In the open place I established my seat;
 8Youths saw me and hid themselves{HR}And the aged rose — stood up,
 9Princes refrained from words{HR}And laid the hand on their mouth,
 10The voice of nobles was arrested,{HR}And their tongue cleaved to their palate.
 11For the ear heard and praised me,{HR}And an eye saw and testified to me.
 12For I delivered the poor that cried,{HR}And the fatherless that had no helper.
 13The blessing of the perishing came on me,{HR}And the heart of the widow I made sing.
 14Righteousness I put on, and it put me on,{HR}As a robe and a diadem mine equity.
 15I was eyes to the blind,{HR}And feet [was] I to the lame,
 16A father to the needy,{HR}And the cause I knew not I searched.
 17And I broke the jaw of the wicked,{HR}And flung the prey out of his teeth. (Job 29:7‑17)
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Amos 5:10• 10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. (Amos 5:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Ebed-melech the Ethiopianc, a eunuch who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon—now the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin,

JND Translation Notes

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Heb. "Cushite."

W. Kelly Translation

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Now when Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;