מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק

Strong’s Definition

Malki-Tsedek, an early king in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

Melchizedek.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.king of salem and priest of the most high god to whom abram paid tithe after the battle he fought to free lot
• 2.'the order of melchizedek' the order of the priesthood to which christ belongs
• 3.evidently, a pre-incarnate appearance of jesus christ

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Malkîy-Tsedeq; Pronunciation: mal-kee-tseh'-dek

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