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Lexicon :: Strong's H4432 - mōleḵ

Aa
מֹלֶךְ
Transliteration
mōleḵ
Pronunciation
mo'-lek
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1199h

Strong’s Definitions

מֹלֶךְ Môlek, mo'-lek; from H4427; Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites:—Molech. Compare H4445.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4432 in the following manner: Molech (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4432 in the following manner: Molech (8x).

  1. Molech = "king"

    1. the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֹלֶךְ Môlek, mo'-lek; from H4427; Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites:—Molech. Compare H4445.
STRONGS H4432: Abbreviations
† מֹ֫לֶךְ proper name, of a divinity Molech (Greek Version of the LXX Μολοχ, Vulgate 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, which see.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

18:21; 20:2; 20:3; 20:4; 20:5

1 Kings

11:7

2 Kings

23:10

Jeremiah

32:35

H4432

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Strong's Number H4432 matches the Hebrew מֹלֶךְ (mōleḵ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:21 - And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - Again, say to the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or any other man living in Israel, gives his offspring to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death: he is to be stoned by the people of the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - And if the people of the land do not take note of that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - Then my face will be turned against him and his family, and he and all those who do evil with him will be cut off from among their people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:10 - And Topheth, in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, he made unclean, so that no man might make his son or his daughter go through the fire to Molech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - And they put up the high places of the Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, making their sons and their daughters go through the fire to Molech; which I did not give them orders to do, and it never came into my mind that they would do this disgusting thing, causing Judah to be turned out of the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - Truly, you will take up Saccuth your king and Kaiwan your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
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