Melchizedek

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Old Testament person biblical figure king priest priest-king

Melchizedek is a mysterious priest-king from the Hebrew Bible who is portrayed as a prototype or foreshadowing of Christ’s eternal priesthood in later Jewish and Christian theology.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Melchizedek canonical 3
Melchisedec 1
Melchizedek (biblical figure) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament person ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
king ⓘ
priest ⓘ
priest-king ⓘ
appearsInGenre biblical narrative ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Almighty ⓘ
surface form: God Most High
associatedWithPlace Salem (biblical city) ⓘ
surface form: Jerusalem (traditional identification of Salem)

Salem ⓘ
basisForTitleOf Priesthood of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Christ as priest forever
blesses Abraham ⓘ
Abram ⓘ
contrastedWith Levitical priesthood ⓘ
describedAs without father, without mother, without genealogy (in Hebrews) ⓘ
hasFeastOrCommemorationIn some Christian liturgical calendars ⓘ
hasOrderNamedAfter Melchisedec Priesthood ⓘ
surface form: order of Melchizedek
hasTitle Melchizedek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: king of Salem

priest of God Most High ⓘ
influenceOn Christian theology of priesthood ⓘ
Jewish theology of priesthood ⓘ
literaryCharacterType mysterious figure ⓘ
meets Abraham ⓘ
Abram ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Genesis ⓘ
Letter to the Hebrews ⓘ
surface form: Epistle to the Hebrews

Genesis 14 ⓘ
Hebrews 5 ⓘ
Letter to the Hebrews ⓘ
surface form: Hebrews 6

Hebrews 7 ⓘ
Psalm 110 ⓘ
nameEtymologyLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
nameMeaning king of righteousness (traditional etymology) ⓘ
offers bread and wine ⓘ
orderOfMelchizedekUsedFor description of Christ’s priesthood in Hebrews ⓘ
priesthoodType eternal priesthood (in Christian theology) ⓘ
non-Levitical priesthood ⓘ
quotedInContextOf Psalm 110:4 ⓘ
receivesTitheFrom Abraham ⓘ
Abram ⓘ
roleInTheology foreshadowing of eternal priesthood ⓘ
model for priesthood in Hebrews ⓘ
prototype of Christ’s priesthood ⓘ
sourceTextTradition Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
typologicallyRelatedTo Jesus Christ ⓘ
veneratedIn Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Latter-day Saint movement (interpretive traditions) ⓘ
some Gnostic traditions ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Priesthood of Jesus → relatedFigure → Melchizedek ⓘ
Melchizedek → basedOn → Melchizedek ⓘ
subject surface form: Melchizedek (The Alchemist)
this entity surface form: Melchizedek (biblical figure)
Melchisedec Priesthood → namedAfter → Melchizedek ⓘ
Sara Crewe → hasPet → Melchizedek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melchisedec
Melchizedek → hasTitle → Melchizedek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: king of Salem
2 Enoch → associatedFigure → Melchizedek ⓘ