Greek proper noun (a person) · G3198
Μελχισεδέκ
Melchisedekmel-khis-ed-ek'
Melchizedek
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Melchisedék
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3198is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3198
Melchisedek (i.e. Malkitsedek), a patriarch
The King James renders it: Melchisedec.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Melchisedek is rendered "Melchizedek". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Eight of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Hebrews 5:6And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 5:6Μελχισέδεκ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's eight uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- of Melchizedek6
- Melchizedek2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Μελχισέδεκ6
- Μελχισέδεκ.¶2
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular6N-GSM-P
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM-P
Hebrews
eight uses
And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Μελχισέδεκmelchisedeknoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Melchizedek
and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
- Μελχισέδεκmelchisedeknoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Melchizedek
where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Μελχισέδεκmelchisedeknoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Melchizedek
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
- Μελχισέδεκmelchisedeknoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Melchizedek
For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.
- Μελχισέδεκ.¶melchisedeknoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Melchizedek
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
- Μελχισέδεκmelchisedeknoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Melchizedek
And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
- Μελχισέδεκmelchisedeknoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Melchizedek
For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Μελχισέδεκ.¶melchisedeknoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Melchizedek
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.