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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.
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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 - And H2233➔ thou shalt H5414➔ not H3808 let ➔H5414 any of thy seed ➔H2233 pass through H5674 the fire to Molech, H4432 neither H3808 shalt thou profane H2490 the name H8034 of thy God: H430 I H589 am the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - Again, H413➔ thou shalt say H559 to ➔H413 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 Whosoever H376 H376 he be of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 or of H4480 the strangers H1616 that sojourn H1481 in Israel, H3478 that H834 giveth H5414 any of his seed H2233 unto Molech; H4432 he shall H4191➔ surely H4191 be put to death: ➔H4191 the people H5971 of the land H776 shall stone him H7275 with stones. H68

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - And I H589 will set H5414 my face H6440 against H376➔ that H1931 man, ➔H376 and will cut H3772➔ him H853 off ➔H3772 from among H7130 his people; H5971 because H3588 he hath given H5414 of his seed H2233 unto Molech, H4432 to H4616 defile H2930 my sanctuary, H4720 and to profane H2490 my holy H6944 name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - And if H518 the people H5971 of the land H776 do H5956➔ any ways H5956 hide ➔H5956 their eyes H5869 from H4480 the H1931 man, H376 when he giveth H5414 of his seed H2233 unto Molech, H4432 and H1115➔ kill H4191 him H853 not: ➔H1115

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - Then H7760➔ I H589 will set ➔H7760 my face H6440 against H376➔ that H1931 man, ➔H376 and against his family, H4940 and will cut H3772➔ him H853 off, ➔H3772 and H853 all H3605 that go a whoring H2181 after him, H310 to commit whoredom H2181 with H310 Molech, H4432 from among H7130 their people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then H227 did H1129➔ Solomon H8010 build ➔H1129 an high place H1116 for Chemosh, H3645 the abomination H8251 of Moab, H4124 in the hill H2022 that H834 is before H5921 H6440 Jerusalem, H3389 and for Molech, H4432 the abomination H8251 of the children H1121 of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:10 - And he defiled H2930 Topheth, H8612 which H834 is in the valley H1516 of the children H1121 of Hinnom, H2011 that no H1115 man H376 might make H5674➔ his son H1121 or H853 his daughter H1323 to pass through ➔H5674 the fire H784 to Molech. H4432

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - And they built H1129 the high places H1116 of Baal, H1168 which H834 are in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom, H2011 to cause H5674➔ their sons H1121 and H853 their daughters H1323 to pass through ➔H5674 the fire unto Molech; H4432 which H834 I commanded them H6680 not, H3808 neither H3808 came it H5927 into H5921 my mind, H3820 that they should do H6213 this H2063 abomination, H8441 to H4616 cause H2398➔ Judah H3063 to sin. ➔H2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - But ye have borne H5375 the tabernacle H5522 of your Moloch H4432 and H853 Chiun H3594 your images, H6754 the star H3556 of your god, H430 which H834 ye made H6213 to yourselves.
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