Strongs Number: H4442
- Hebrew Word
- מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק
- Transliteration
- Malkîy-Tsedeq
- Phonetic
- mal-kee-tseh'-dek
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
king of right; {Malki-Tsedek} an early king in Palestine
- BDB Definition
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Melchizedek = "my king is Sedek"
1. 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
- Origin
- From H4428 and H6664
- Bible Usage
- Melchizedek.