Atlas Biblica

    person

    Melchizedek

    מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶקΜελχισεδέκ

    Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High, who blessed Abraham.

    IllustrationGenesis 14The image shows Melchizedek bringing bread and wine to Abram, blessing him, and receiving a tenth of everything Abram has recovered.
    verses
    11
    first named
    Genesis 14:18
    last named
    Hebrews 7:17
    period
    the Patriarchs
    tribe
    Canaan

    Description

    Who was Melchizedek?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Melchizedek was the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High (Gen.14.18). He blessed Abraham and received a tithe from him after Abraham's victory over Chedorlaomer and his allies. Melchizedek brought out bread and wine, demonstrating his priestly role. The Psalms refer to the Messiah as a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek (Psa.110.4), indicating that Melchizedek's priesthood was seen as a type or foreshadowing of Christ's eternal priesthood. The book of Hebrews expands on this concept, presenting Jesus as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek (Heb.5.6,10; 6.20; 7.1,10,11,15,17,21). Melchizedek's unique priesthood, which combined royalty and priestly service to God Most High, is seen as a precedent for Jesus' eternal priesthood and kingship.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Melchizedek10 of 10 entities the graph connects to Melchizedek, in 2 groups: company 3, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Abraham, Melchizedek, and Levi’s apportionment of LeviTook part in · 4 versesJesus’ priestTook part in · 4 versesPriesthoodTook part in · 2 versesCompanyJesus3 events · 1,160 versesLORD1 event · 1,004 versesLevi1 event · 329 versesAbraham6 events · 275 versesBread1 event · 103 versesWine1 event · 92 versesOath1 event · 79 versesEventsMelchizedek

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Melchizedek happensThe one place the claims about Melchizedek reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Melchizedek there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Jerusalem
    the PatriarchsThe one place the claims about Melchizedek reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 11, across 3 books.

    1. Genesis1 verse

      14:18

    2. Psalms1 verse

      110:4

    3. Hebrews9 verses

      5:65:106:207:17:107:117:157:177:21

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Jesus’ priest and PriesthoodJesusThe Son of God and Savior of the world.via Jesus’ priest and PriesthoodPriestPriest is a concept gathering 93 labelled instances in the text.via Abraham, Melchizedek, and Levi’s apportionment of LeviAbrahamPatriarch, chosen by God to father His peoplevia Abraham, Melchizedek, and Levi’s apportionment of LeviLeviSon of Jacob; progenitor of the Levitesvia Jesus’ priestLORDNames or title used to refer to Godvia Jesus’ priestOathOath is a concept gathering 64 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on