Study Dictionary
NAVE: Regem-melech
EBD: Regem-melech
SMITH: REGEMMELECH
ISBE: REGEM-MELECH
Regem-Melech
In Bible versions:
Regem-Melech: NET AVS NIV TEVRegem-melech: NRSV
Regemmelech: NASB
a man who was an ambassador of the post exile people of Bethel
he that stones the king; purple of the king
he that stones the king; purple of the king
Hebrew
Strongs #07278: Klm Mgr Regem Melek
Regem-melech = "king's heap"1) a man sent by some of the captivity to make enquiries at the
temple concerning fasting
7278 Regem Melek reh'-gem meh'-lek
from 7276 and 4428; king's heap; Regem-Melek, anIsraelite:-Regem-melech.
see HEBREW for 07276
see HEBREW for 04428
Regem-melech [EBD]
friend of the king, one of the two messengers sent by the exiled Jews to Jerusalem in the time of Darius (Zech. 7:2) to make inquiries at the temple.
Regem-melech [NAVE]
REGEM-MELECH, a captive sent as a messenger from the Jews in Babylon to Jerusalem, Zech. 7:2.REGEMMELECH [SMITH]
(friend of the king). The names of Sherezer and Regem-melech occur in an obscure passage of Zechariah. (Zechariah 7:2) They were sent on behalf of some of the captivity to make inquiries at the temple concerning fasting (B.C. 617.)REGEM-MELECH [ISBE]
REGEM-MELECH - re'-gem-me'-lek, re'-gem-mel'-ek (reghem melekh): One of a deputation sent to inquire concerning the propriety of continuing the commemoration of the destruction of the temple by holding a fast (Zec 7:2). The text of the passage is in disorder. The name may mean "friend of the king"; hence, some have sought to remove the difficulty by interpreting reghem melekh as a title, not a personal name, reading the clause, "They of Beth-el had sent SHAREZER (q.v. (2)), the friend of the king."