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Headword: Melchisedek
Adler number: mu,545
Translated headword: Melchizedek
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
This man was a king of the Canaanites and priest of God the most high. He met Abraham, who was returning from war and brought bread and wine out for him, and said to Abraham: "Blessed be Abraham by God the most high, who made the heaven and the earth: and blessed be God the most high, who gave your enemies into your hand." And Abraham gave to him a tenth of everything.[1]
[The name] Melchizedek is construed as 'king of peace'.[2]
Greek Original:
Melchisedek: houtos basileus ôn tôn Chananaiôn kai hiereus tou hupsistou theou hupostrephonti tôi Abraam ek tou polemou apantêsas exêgagen autôi artous kai oinon kai eipe pros Abraam: eulogêmenos Abraam tôi theôi tôi hupsistôi, hos ektise ton ouranon kai tên gên: kai eulogêmenos ho theos ho hupsistos, hos paredôke tous echthrous sou hupocheirious soi. kai edôken autôi Abraam dekatên apo pantôn. hermêneuetai de Melchisedek basileus eirênês.
Notes:
See already mu 544 and again mu 546.
[1] George the Monk, Chronicon 100.18-25; cf. Genesis 14.18-20 LXX.
[2] Hebrews 7:2.
Keywords: biography; Christianity; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; geography; historiography; military affairs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 July 2000@15:15:17.
Vetted by:
Elizabeth Vandiver (Modified translation; raised status.) on 19 September 2000@21:34:27.
David Whitehead (added notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 11 July 2003@10:41:12.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 5 December 2003@00:49:09.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 15 May 2013@06:54:07.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 8 November 2014@11:40:29.
David Whitehead on 17 May 2016@10:59:14.
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