BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7278
re.gem me.lekh — Regem-melech
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Zec.7.2 § Regem-melech = "king's heap" a man sent by some of the captivity to make enquiries at the temple concerning fasting
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →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.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
