Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H4442
מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק
Malki-Tsedeqmal-kee-tseh'-dek
Melchizedek
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Malkîy-Tsedeq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4442is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4442
Malki-Tsedek, an early king in Palestine
The King James renders it: Melchizedek.
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
Malki-Tsedeq is rendered "Melchizedek". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
Genesis 14:18וּמַלְכִּי־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- -zedek2
- and Melchi-1
- Melchi-1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַלְכוּת | malkuth | royalty | Uses91 |
| מַלְכוּ | malku | kingdom | Uses57 |
| מַלְכָּה | malkah | Queen (of Sheba) | Uses35 |
| מַלְקוֹחַ | malqoach | prey | Uses8 |
| מַלְקוֹשׁ | malqosh | spring rain | Uses8 |
| מַלְבּוּשׁ | malbush | garment | Uses8 |
| מַלְבֵּן | malben | brick | Uses3 |
| מַלְאַךְ | malak | angel | Uses2 |
| מַלְכָּא | malka | queen | Uses2 |
| מַלְמָד | malmad | oxgoad | Uses1 |
| מַלְאֲכוּת | malakuth | message | Uses1 |
| מַלְכֹּדֶת | malkodeth | snare | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- וּמַלְכִּי־1
- מַלְכִּי־1
- צֶ֙דֶק֙1
- צֶֽדֶק׃1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)3HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
Genesis
two uses
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
- וּמַלְכִּי־umalki-conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Melchi-
- צֶ֙דֶק֙tzedekproper noun (a name)tagged: -zedek
Psalms
two uses
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- מַלְכִּי־malki-proper noun (a name)tagged: Melchi-
- צֶֽדֶק׃tzedekproper noun (a name)tagged: -zedek
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.