Melchizedek Definition

mĕl-kĭzĭ-dĕk
noun
The priest and king of Salem who blessed Abraham: Gen. 14:18
Webster's New World
The higher order of priesthood.
American Heritage
adjective
Designating or of the higher order of priests.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Melchizedek

Noun

Singular:
Melchizedek
Plural:
melchizedeks

Origin of Melchizedek

  • Hebrew malkî-ṭedeq melek king mlk in Semitic roots -î my ṭedeq righteousness ṭdq in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After Melchizedek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Melchizedek Sentence Examples

  • The episode of Melchizedek, though connected with the main narrative by the epithets given to Yahweh in Gen.

  • Now the Maccabean high-priests were the first to assume the title ` priests of the Most High God ' - the title anciently borne by Melchizedek.

  • The details of the tradition of authorship show considerable variation; according to the Talmudic view Adam is author of the Sabbath psalm, xcii., and Melchizedek of Ps.

  • After the precious relics together with the bones of Adam had been saved in the ark, they were transported by Shem and Melchizedek to Golgotha under the guidance of an angel.$ The tripartite narrative which is known as the Romance of Julian (the Apostate) has no claim to be regarded as an historical document.

  • Now the only high priests who bore this title were the Maccabean, who appear to have assumed it as reviving the order of Melchizedek when they displaced the Zadokite order of Aaron.

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Words Starting With

MMEMEL

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