Bible Encyclopedias
Melchizedek

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

E . king of righteousness or justice), a priest-king of Canaan, to whom, though of no lineage as a priest, but as a minister of God's justice, Abraham did homage and paid tithes; a true type of priest as ordained of God, and one in that capacity "without father and without mother."

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Melchizedek'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/melchizedek.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.