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מֶ֫לֶךְStrong’s H4432

melekh (me-lekh)

Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Melekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “molech”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

“And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.”
Leviticus 18:21 KJV
Meaning
  1. Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)
How it's translated
  • to molech 6
  • molech 1
  • and for molech 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 5
  • 1 Kings 1
  • 2 Kings 1
  • Jeremiah 1

4 books in all.

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מֶ֫לֶךְ melekh · Milcom

Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.