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;
6 but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham aand blessed bhim who had the promises.
7 Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better.
8 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, aof whom it is witnessed that he lives.
9 Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak,
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Definitions of words in Hebrews 7:1:
Abraham {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Abraham {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Abraham {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Blessed {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Priest {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Priest {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Salem {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Salem {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Other definition entries containing Hebrews 7:1:
Hebrews, Epistle to {Easton's}
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