Word Summary
Melchisedek: Melchizedek, O.T. king of Salem
Original Word: ΜελχισεδέκTransliteration: Melchisedek
Phonetic Spelling: (mel-khis-ed-ek')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Melchizedek, O.T. king of Salem
Meaning: Melchizedek -- Old Testament king of Salem
Strong's Concordance
Melchizedek.
Of Hebrew origin (Malkiy-Tsedeq); Melchisedek (i.e. Malkitsedek), a patriarch -- Melchisedec.
see HEBREW Malkiy-Tsedeq
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3198: ΜελχισέδεκΜελχισέδεκ (in
Josephus, Antiquities 1, 10, 2
Μελχισεδεκης,
Μελχισεδεκου),
ὁ (
מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק,
king of righteousness),
Melchizedek, king of Salem (see under
Σαλήμ) and priest of the most high God, who lived in the days of Abraham:
Hebrews 5:6, 10;
Hebrews 6:20;
Hebrews 7:1, 10f, 15, 17, 21 (
R G L); cf.
Genesis 14:18ff;
Psalm 109:4 (). (Cf. B. D., under the word.)