Bible Names

Ebed: meaning of the name

Ebed means “a servant; laborer.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Ebed in Hebrew and Greek

עֶבֶד H5651

ʻEbed (eh'-bed) — Ebed, the name of two Israelites

the same as H5650 (עֶבֶד);

People named Ebed in the Bible

Ebed in Scripture

“Ebed” appears in 12 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Judges 9:26

    And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

  • Judges 9:28

    And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?

  • Judges 9:30

    And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

  • Judges 9:31

    And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.

  • Judges 9:35

    And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.

  • Ezra 8:6

    Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

  • Jeremiah 38:7

    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;

  • Jeremiah 38:8

    Ebed–melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,