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מֶ֫לֶךְStrong’s H4432melekh (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.”
Meaning
- 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.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 20:2Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
- Leviticus 20:3And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
- Leviticus 20:4And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
- Leviticus 20:5Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
- 1 Kings 11:7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
- 2 Kings 23:10And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
Hebrew dictionary
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.