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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Μελχισεδέκ
Μελχισεδέκ
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Transliteration: Melchisedék
Pronunciation: mel-khis-ed-ek'
Definition: Melchisedec
- Original: Μελχισεδέκ - Transliteration: melchisedek - Phonetic: mel-khis-ed-ek'
- Definition: Melchizedek = "king of righteousness"
1. the king of Salem and priest of the most high God, who lived in the days of Abraham
- Origin: of hebrew origin H4442" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4442 - TDNT entry: 4:568,* - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Of hebrew origin [H4442" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4442]; melchisedek (that is Malkitsedek) a patriarch: - Melchisedec.