STRONGS NUMBER H4432


Word Summary
Molek: a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children
Original Word: מֹלֶךְ
Transliteration: Molek
Phonetic Spelling: (mo'-lek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children
Meaning: Molech -- a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children
Strong's Concordance
Molech

From malak; Molek (i.e. King), the chief deity of the Ammonites -- Molech. Compare Malkam.

see HEBREW malak

see HEBREW Malkam

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4432. Molek

מֹ֫לֶךְproper name, of a divinity Molech (ᵐ5Μολοχ, ᵑ9Moloch) (= 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 מלךMilk, in proper names compare Bloch, DrDt.222 f.); — with article ׳הַמּ‎: — the god to whom Israel sacrificed children with fire (in valley of Hinnom); מּ לַ בָּנֵשׁ ׳העביר2 Kings 23:10; לַמּ ׳העבירJeremiah 32:35 ("" הַבַּעַל‎), Leviticus 18:21 (H); לַמּ ׳נתן20:2-3, 4 (H); more Generally הַמּ אַחֲרֵי ׳לִזְנוֺת20:5 (H). In 1 Kings 11:7 read probably מִלְכֹּם‎, q. v.