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Regem-melech

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(royal friend). A messenger sent by captive Jews to inquire about the ritual (Zech. 7:2²When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord, (Zechariah 7:2)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One sent unto the house of God, in the time of Darius, to pray and to consult with the priests and prophets respecting the continuation of fasting in the fifth month (Zech. 7:2²When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord, (Zechariah 7:2)). This fast had probably been observed in commemoration of the destruction of Solomon’s temple (2 Kings 25:8-9⁸And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: ⁹And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. (2 Kings 25:8‑9)). God’s answer, through Zechariah, was that they had not fasted to Him: it was insincerity on their part.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7278 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Regem

Phonic:

Melek

Meaning:

from 7276 and 4428; king's heap; Regem-Melek, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Regem-melech

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

stoning of the king

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A throng, or troop, of the king; king’s heap; royal friend:―an Israelite [REGEM and MELECH], Zech. 7:2. {Agmen regis}