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Lexicon :: Strong's H4445 - malkām

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מַלְכָּם
Transliteration
malkām
Pronunciation
mal-kawm'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מַלְכָּם Malkâm, mal-kawm'; or מִלְכּוֹם Milkôwm; from H4428 for H4432; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites:—Malcham, Milcom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H4445 in the following manner: Milcom (3x), Malcham (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H4445 in the following manner: Milcom (3x), Malcham (1x).

  1. Milcom = "great king"

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

      1. also 'Molech'

    2. a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְכָּם Malkâm, mal-kawm'; or מִלְכּוֹם Milkôwm; from H4428 for H4432; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites:—Malcham, Milcom.
STRONGS H4445: Abbreviations
† מַלְכָּם proper name, masculine a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:9. Greek Version of the LXX B Μελχας, A Μελχαμ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Μελχομ. On Jeremiah 49:1, 3; Zephaniah 1:5 see מִלְכֹּם below.

† מִלְכֹּם proper name, of a divinity Milcom, god of Ammonites (compare RSSemitic i. 67) — שִׁקֻּץ עַמֹּנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 11:5 (|| עַשְׁתֹּרֶת); compare אֱלֹהֵי בְנֵי עַמּוֺן מ׳ 1 Kings 11:33 (|| ע׳ + כְּמוֺשׁ), so read also (for MT מֹלֶךְ) 1 Kings 11:7 (|| כְּמוֺשׁ); תּוֺעֲבַת מ׳ בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן 2 Kings 23:13 (|| as 1 Kings 11:33); read מִלְכֹּם also for מַלְכָּם Jeremiah 49:1, 3(Greek Version of the LXX Μελχολ, Μελχομ), compare Gie, and Zephaniah 1:5 (Syriac Version Vulgate, compare Now), probably 2 Samuel 12:30 = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (see H4428 מֶלֶךְ 5d), and perhaps Amos 1:15 (whence Jeremiah 49:3; compare Dr Now; — not We GASm).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

12:30

1 Kings

11:5; 11:7; 11:33; 11:33

2 Kings

23:13

1 Chronicles

8:9; 20:2

Jeremiah

49:1; 49:1; 49:3; 49:3; 49:3

Amos

1:15

Zephaniah

1:5; 1:5

H4445

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4445 matches the Hebrew מַלְכָּם (malkām),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5 - For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because they have[fn] forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:9 - He fathered sons by Hodesh his wife: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 - those who bow down on the roofs
to the host of the heavens,
those who bow down and swear to the LORD
and yet swear by Milcom,[fn]
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