Melchisedec; Melchizedek

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

T. form of Melchizedek ({vi 130032-130066}Heb. 5-7).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

King of Salem and priest of the most high God. He came forth to meet Abraham after he had rescued Lot and those taken with him. Melchisedec brought forth bread and wine, and blessed Abraham, and Abraham gave to him tithes of all. He was a type of Christ as a royal-priest: “King of righteousness and king of peace,” as He will be in the Millennium. Melchisedec was a priest of an entirely different order from that of Aaron, which passed from father to son. There is no mention of his progenitors, nor of any descendant: “without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life,” being thus a beautiful type of the Son of God, who has been called by God to be “a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.” Nothing is said of any sacrifice being offered by Melchisedec to God: he rather brought forth from God that which symbolizes life and joy (compare John 6:51; {vi 26097-26106}John 2:1-10), and blessed him that had the promises. So when Christ comes it will not be to put away sin by sacrifice; but to refresh and bless His people. Blessing characterizes the Melchisedec priesthood of Christ ({vi 355-357}Gen. 14:18-20; Psalm 110:4; {vi 30037;30041}Heb. 5:6,10; Heb. 6:20; {vi 30066-30086}Heb. 7:1-21).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

king of righteousness