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Lexicon :: Strong's H4432 - mōleḵ

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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

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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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