Hebrews 7:4

Now consider The verb means "to contemplate spiritually."

how great this man was Here begin the seven particulars of the typical superiority of Melchisedek's Priesthood over that of Aaron. First. Even Abraham gave him tithes.

the patriarch Abraham There is great rhetoric force in the order of the original "to whom even Abraham gave a tithe out of his best spoils he the patriarch." Here not only is the ear of the writer gratified by the sonorous conclusion of the sentence with an Ionicus a minorepătriarch çs; but a whole argument about the dignity of Abraham is condensed into the position of one emphatic word. The word in the N. T. occurs only here and in Acts 2:29; Acts 7:8-9.

of the spoils The word rendered "spoils" properly means that which is taken from the top of a heap (ἄκρος θίς); hence some translate it "the best of the spoils," and Philo describes the tithe given by Abraham in similar terms.