Malcam
מַלְכָּםStrong’s H4445malkam (mal-kam)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Malkam is the Hebrew word usually translated “milcom” and “malkam”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.9
- Milcom = "great king"
How it's translated
- and to milcom 2
- milcom 1
- malkam 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 2
- 2 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 11:33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
- 2 Kings 23:13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
- 1 Chronicles 8:9And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
Hebrew dictionary
מַלְכָּם malkam · Malcam
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.9; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hodesh (H2321); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821), Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Milcom = "great king" a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh
מִלכֹּם milkom · Milcom
Milcom = "great king" the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom 1a) also 'Molech' 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.