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Genesis 14:18
“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶקMalkîy-Tsedeq · mal-kee-tseh'-dek
H4442 · Hebrew
H4442 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Malki-Tsedek, an early king in Palestine
- Derivation
- from H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) and H6664 (צֶדֶק); king of right;
- KJV renderings
- Melchizedek.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מַלְכִּי — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 4 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 110:4Psalms 110:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.