Strong G3198Μελχισεδέκ
Melchizedek
- Transliteration
- Melchisedek
- Pronunciation
- mel-khis-ed-ek'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H4442];
Melchisedek (that is Malkitsedek) a patriarch: - Melchisedec.
Melchisedek (that is Malkitsedek) a patriarch: - Melchisedec.
Meaning of the name
Melchizedek, "[my] king is Zedek [just]"
Detailed definition
Μελχισεδέκ indecl., ὁ (Heb. מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק),
Melchizedek: Heb.5:6, 10 6:20 7:1, 10-11 7:15, 17.†
(AS)
Melchizedek: Heb.5:6, 10 6:20 7:1, 10-11 7:15, 17.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Melchizedek
King of Salem and priest of God Most High.
Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High, who blessed Abraham (Gen.14.18).
In the Bible
Strong G3198 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- melchisedec9
First verses
- Hebrews 5:6As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- Hebrews 5:10Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
- Hebrews 6:20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- Hebrews 7:1For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
- Hebrews 7:10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
- Hebrews 7:11If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
- Hebrews 7:15And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
- Hebrews 7:17For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- Hebrews 7:21(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)