Hebrews 7:3 describes Melchizedek as 'agenealogētos'—without recorded genealogy. This doesn't mean he literally had no parents, but that Scripture deliberately omits his lineage, making him a type of Christ's eternal priesthood. In a culture obsessed with priestly genealogies (Levites traced their descent meticulously), this silence is thunderous. Melchizedek appears without ancestry and disappears without successors, resembling 'the Son of God' who has neither beginning of days nor end of life. The alpha-privative construction emphasizes what's missing from the biblical record.