King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4432
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
Word Summary
Molek: a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children
Original Word: מֹלֶךְTransliteration: 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
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); מּ לַ בָּנֵשׁ ׳העביר 2 Kings 23:10; לַמּ ׳העביר Jeremiah 32:35 ("" הַבַּעַל), Leviticus 18:21 (H); לַמּ ׳נתן 20:2-3, 4 (H); more Generally הַמּ אַחֲרֵי ׳לִזְנוֺת 20:5 (H). In 1 Kings 11:7 read probably מִלְכֹּם, q. v.