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malkī-ṣedeq מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶק ‘Melchizedek’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from melex מֶ֫לֶךְ ‘king’ and ṣedeq צֶ֫דֶק ‘righteousness’
Roots: מלך צדק

malkī-ṣedeq pr n m pers
Melchizedek = "my king is Sedek"
1) 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

Mentioned in Genesis 14:18 Psalms 110:4

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