מֹלֶךְ
molech · Molech
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4432 · appears 9 times in the Bible
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molech (מֹלֶךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Molech”.
A god of peoples near Israel, to whom children were sacrificed. The name looks like the Hebrew word for "king".
How to say it
mo·lech
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Molech ×8
- king ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 18:21
And you shall not give any of your offspring to make them pass over to Molech, and you shall not profane the name of your Elohim. I am YHWH.
- Leviticus 20:2
“And you shall say to the sons of Israel: Any man of the sons of Israel or of the resident aliens who reside in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
- Leviticus 20:3
And I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to make unclean my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.
- Leviticus 20:4
And if the people of the land do close their eyes to that man when he gives some of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death,
- Leviticus 20:5
then I will set my face against that man and against his clan, and I will cut off him and all who prostitute themselves after him, prostituting themselves after Molech, from among their people.
- 1 Kings 11:7
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab, on the mountain that is facing Jerusalem, and for Molech, the detestable thing of the sons of Ammon.
- 2 Kings 23:10
He made unclean the Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, so that no one might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech.
- Jeremiah 32:35
And they built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom, to make their sons and their daughters pass through to Molech, which I did not command them, and it did not come into my heart that they should do this abomination, so as to make Judah sin.
- Amos 5:26
And you carried Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods, which you made for yourselves.