Strong's Concordance Molek: a heathen god to whom Isr. sacrificed children Original Word: מֹ֫לֶךPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Molek Phonetic Spelling: (mo'-lek) Short Definition: Molech Brown-Driver-Briggs מֹ֫לֶךְ proper name, of a divinity Molech (ᵐ5 Μολοχ, ᵑ9 Moloch) (= מֶלֶךְ i.e. (divine) King, with vowels of בּשֶׁת to denote abhorrence, HoffmZAW iii. 1883, 124 RSSemitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372; compare HoffmGG Abh. xxxvi. 1890 a (May, 1889), 25; Phoenician proper name, of divinity מלך Milk, in proper names compare Bloch, DrDt.222 f.); — with article ׳הַמּ: — the god to whom Israel sacrificed children with fire (in valley of Hinnom); ׳העביר בָּנֵשׁ לַ מּ 2 Kings 23:10; ׳העביר לַמּ Jeremiah 32:35 ("" הַבַּעַל), Leviticus 18:21 (H); ׳נתן לַמּ Leviticus 20:2,3,4 (H); more Generally ׳לִזְנוֺת אַחֲרֵי הַמּ Leviticus 20:5 (H). In 1 Kings 11:7 read probably מִלְכֹּם, q. v. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Molech From malak; Molek (i.e. King), the chief deity of the Ammonites -- Molech. Compare Malkam. see HEBREW malak see HEBREW Malkam Forms and Transliterations הַמֹּ֖לֶךְ המלך וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ ולמלך לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ לַמֹּ֔לֶךְ לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ לַמֹּֽלֶךְ׃ לַמֹּלֶךְ֒ למלך למלך׃ מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם מלככם ham·mō·leḵ hamMolech hammōleḵ lam·mō·leḵ lamMolech lammōleḵ mal·kə·ḵem malkeChem malkəḵem ū·lə·mō·leḵ uleMolech ūləmōleḵLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 44329 Occurrences ham·mō·leḵ — 1 Occ. lam·mō·leḵ — 6 Occ. mal·kə·ḵem — 1 Occ. ū·lə·mō·leḵ — 1 Occ. Leviticus 18:21 HEB: תִתֵּ֖ן לְהַעֲבִ֣יר לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ וְלֹ֧א תְחַלֵּ֛ל NAS: to offer them to Molech, nor KJV: pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane INT: give to offer to Molech nor profane Leviticus 20:2 Leviticus 20:3 Leviticus 20:4 Leviticus 20:5 1 Kings 11:7 2 Kings 23:10 Jeremiah 32:35 Amos 5:26 |