The King of Righteousness
1 For this aMelchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,”
3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the1 spoils.
5 And indeed athose who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
| << Hebrews 6:20 | Hebrews 7:2 >> |
Interlinear Bible for Hebrews 7:1:
gar (#1063)
oute (#3778)
Melchisedek (#3198)
basileus (#935)
Salem (#4532)
hiereus (#2409)
xurao (#3588)
hupsistos (#5310)
theos (#2316)
sunantao (#4876)
Abraam (#11)
hupostrepho (#5290)
apo (#575)
xurao (#3588)
kope (#2871)
xurao (#3588)
basileus (#935)
kai (#2532)
eulogeo (#2127)
autos (#846)
| << Hebrews 6:20 | Hebrews 7:2 >> |
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