See also:

• MELCHIZEDEK (Heb. for " king of righteousness "; or, since Sedek is probably the name of a god, " Sedelt is my king ")

MELCHIZEDEK (Heb. for " See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of righteousness "; or, since Sedek is probably the name of a See also:

• GOD

god, " Sedelt is my king ")  ,1 See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SALEM

Salem and See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of " supreme El " (El `elyon), in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . He brought forth See also:

• BREAD

bread and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine to See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham on his return from the expedition against Chedorlaomer, and blessed him in the name of the supreme See also:

• GOD

God, possessor (or maker) of See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven and See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth; and Abraham gave him See also:

• TITHES

tithes of all his See also:

• BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty (Gen. xiv . 18–20) . Biblical tradition tells us nothing more about See also:

• MELCHIZEDEK (Heb. for " king of righteousness "; or, since Sedek is probably the name of a god, " Sedelt is my king ")

Melchizedek (cf . Heb. vii . 3); but the majestic figure of the king-priest, See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to the priesthood of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, to whom even the See also:

• FATHER

father of all See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel paid tithes (cf . See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob at See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

Bethel, Gen. See also:

• XXVIII

xxviii . 22), suggested a figurative or typical application, first in See also:

• PSALM (from the Gr. word * hXAew, to play the harp)

Psalm cx. to the vicegerent of Yahweh, seated on the See also:

• THRONE

throne of See also:

• ZION, or SION (Heb. iiag, perhaps from runs " to be dry," nqs " to set up," or is " to protect "; Arabic analogies favour the meaning " hump," " summit of a ridge," and so " citadel ")

Zion, the king of Israel who is also priest after the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of Melchizedek, and then, after the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel had ensured the Messianic See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation of the Psalm (Matt. xxii . 42 seq.), to the kingly priesthood of Jesus, as that See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea is worked out at length in the See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle to the See also:

• HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews . The theological See also:

• INTEREST

interest which attaches to the idea of the pre-Aaronic king-priest in these typical applications is practically See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical questions suggested by the narrative of Gen. xiv . The See also:

• EPISODE

episode of Melchizedek, though connected with the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main narrative by the epithets given to Yahweh in Gen. xiv . 22, breaks the natural connexion of verses 17 and 21, and may perhaps have come originally from a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate source .

As the narrative now stands Salem must be sought in the vicinity of " the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings See also:

• DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

dale," which from 2 Sam. xviii . 18, probably, but not necessarily, See also:

• LAY

lay near See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem . That Salem is Jerusalem, as in Psalm lxxvi . 2, ' It is to be noted also that the name is of the same See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form as See also:

• ADONI

Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem (Josh. x . 1), and that the un-Hebraic Araunah of 2 Sam. See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 16 is probably a corruption of the similar See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound See also:

• ADONIJAH (Heb. Adoniyyah or Adoniyyahu, " Yah is Lord ")

Adonijah (so See also:

• CHEYNE, THOMAS KELLY (1841— )

Cheyne, Ency . Bib. See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col . 290).is the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient and See also:

• COMMON

common view; but even in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.c . Jerusalem was known as Uru-salim . See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome and others have identified Salim with one or other of the various placeswhich See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear that name, e.g. the EaXeig of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John iii . 23, 8 m. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Bethshean . In a genuine See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of extreme antiquity the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of king and priest in one See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, the See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of El as the supreme deity bra Canaanite,2 and the widespread practice of the See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration of a tithe of booty can See also:

• PRESENT

present no difficulty ; but, if the historical See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the narrative is denied, the date of the conception must be placed as See also:

• LATE

late as the rise of the temporal authority of the high priests after the See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile .

So far no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence has been found in the See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions or elsewhere in support either of the genuineness of the episode in its present form, or of the antiquit which is attributed to it (see further, J . See also:

• SKINNER, JAMES (1778-1841)
• SKINNER, JOHN (1721-1807)

Skinner, See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis, pp . 269 sqq . . An ancient See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend identifies Melchizedek with See also:

• SHEM (Hebrew for " name, renown, posterity ")

Shem (Palestinian See also:

• TARGUM

Targum, Jerome on Isa. xli., Ephraem Syrus in loco) .