Hebrew, “King or Peace,” “king of righteousness,” or “my king is righteousness.” Melchizedek was the king of Salem and a High Priest of El Elyon, the Most High God.
According to The Second Book of Enoch, Melchizedek was born of a virgin by the wife of Nir, a brother of Noah. The child was born clothed, and speaking, he blessing the Lord, and was marked with a symbol of the priesthood. Later, in that same book, he was taken to the Garden of Eden and preserved from the Flood, outside of Noah's Ark.
According to revelation from Joseph Smith Jr. the title for the High Priesthood given to males and those that identify as males in this dispensation is named after him “because
Melchizedek was such a great High Priest” (Doctrines of the Saints 5b:2). In the Torah, Melchizedek is the first person to be given the title of “Kohen” (priest), with Adam and Eve being the first in the 1 Book of Moses.
See 1 Moses 25:24; Book of Melchizedek; Genesis 14:18–20; Psalm 110:4; Alma 10:7-15 RAV, 13:14-19 OPV; Doctrines of the Saint 5b:1-4; High Priesthood.