King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4445
Transliteration: Malkam
Phonetic Spelling: (mal-kawm')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a Benjamite
Meaning: Malcham -- a Benjamite
Word Summary
Malkam: a Benjamite
Original Word: מַלְכָּםTransliteration: Malkam
Phonetic Spelling: (mal-kawm')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a Benjamite
Meaning: Malcham -- a Benjamite
Strong's Concordance
Malcham, Milcom Or Milkowm {mil-kome'}; from melek for Molek; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites -- Malcham, Milcom.
see HEBREW melek
see HEBREW Molek
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4445. Malkam
מַלְכָּם proper name, masculine a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:9. ᵐ5 B Μελχας, A Μελχαμ, ᵐ5L Μελχομ. On Jeremiah 49:1, 3; Zephaniah 1:5 see מִלְכֹּם.
מִלְכֹּם proper name, of a divinity Milcom, god of Ammonites (compare RSSemitic i. 67) — ׳מ עַמֹּנִים שִׁקֻּץ 1 Kings 11:5 ("" עַשְׁתֹּרֶת); compare ׳מ עַמּוֺן בְנֵי אֱלֹהֵי 11:33 ("" ׳ע + כְּמוֺשׁ), so read also (for מֹלֶךְ ᵑ0) 11:7 ("" כְּמוֺשׁ); בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן ׳מ תּוֺעֲבַת 2 Kings 23:13 ("" as 1 Kings 11:33); read מִלְכֹּם also for מַלְכָּם Jeremiah 49:1, 3(ᵐ5 Μελχολ, Μελχομ), compare Gie, and Zephaniah 1:5 (ᵑ9 ᵑ6, compare Now), probably 2 Samuel 12:30 = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (see מֶלֶךְ 5d), and perhaps Amos 1:15 (whence Jeremiah 49:3; compare Dr Now; — not We GASm).