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Malcam

מַלְכָּםStrong’s H4445

malkam (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.”
1 Kings 11:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.9
  2. 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
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.