A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.18
Also named: Melchisedek (Μελχισεδέκ "Melchizedek" G3198)
§ Melchizedek = "my king is Sedek"
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