A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.18

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

Root √מלך: מלך בַּעַל מָלַךְ מְלַךְ Arabic Ethiopic malâku Syriac possess, own exclusively counsel, advise counsellor (√ of foll.; mng. dub.; Thes comp. Ar. cf. Eth.so Bae Rel. 144 (cf.), and Nö ZMG xi. 1886, 727; Lyon Bib. Sacr. Apr. 1884 Dl Prol. 30 al. comp. As. Dl HWB 412, BH and NH, Aram. whence king as orig. he whose opinion is decisive).

מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶק n.pr.m my king is Ṣedeḳ . ()