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HebrewH4442Proper Noun (Masculine)

מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶק

mal.ki-tse.deq

2Occurrences
H4442Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Malki-Tsedek, an early king in Palestine

from H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) and H6664 (צֶדֶק); king of right;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Also named: Melchisedek (*Μελχισεδέκ *"Melchizedek" G3198) § Melchizedek = "my king is Sedek" king of Salem and priest of the Most High God to whom Abram paid tithe after the battle he fought to free Lot; 'the order of Melchizedek' the order of the priesthood to which Christ belongs

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶק appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

Genesis 14:18BSB

Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —

Psalms 110:4BSB

The LORD has swornand will not change His mind:“You are a priest foreverin the order of Melchizedek.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.