STRONGS NUMBER G3198


Word Summary
Melchisedek: Melchizedek, O.T. king of Salem
Original Word: Μελχισεδέκ
Transliteration: 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: Μελχισέδεκ

Μελχισέδεκ (in Josephus, Antiquities 1, 10, 2 Μελχισεδεκης, Μελχισεδεκου), (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.)