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Lexicon :: Strong's H4445 - malkām

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מַלְכָּם
Transliteration
malkām
Pronunciation
mal-kawm'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מַלְכָּם Malkâm, mal-kawm'; or מִלְכּוֹם Milkôwm; from H4428 for H4432; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites:—Malcham, Milcom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H4445 in the following manner: Milcom (3x), Malcham (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H4445 in the following manner: Milcom (3x), Malcham (1x).

  1. Milcom = "great king"

    1. the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom

      1. also 'Molech'

    2. a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְכָּם Malkâm, mal-kawm'; or מִלְכּוֹם Milkôwm; from H4428 for H4432; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites:—Malcham, Milcom.
STRONGS H4445: Abbreviations
† מַלְכָּם proper name, masculine a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:9. Greek Version of the LXX B Μελχας, A Μελχαμ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Μελχομ. On Jeremiah 49:1, 3; Zephaniah 1:5 see מִלְכֹּם below.

† מִלְכֹּם proper name, of a divinity Milcom, god of Ammonites (compare RSSemitic i. 67) — שִׁקֻּץ עַמֹּנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 11:5 (|| עַשְׁתֹּרֶת); compare אֱלֹהֵי בְנֵי עַמּוֺן מ׳ 1 Kings 11:33 (|| ע׳ + כְּמוֺשׁ), so read also (for MT מֹלֶךְ) 1 Kings 11:7 (|| כְּמוֺשׁ); תּוֺעֲבַת מ׳ בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן 2 Kings 23:13 (|| as 1 Kings 11:33); read מִלְכֹּם also for מַלְכָּם Jeremiah 49:1, 3(Greek Version of the LXX Μελχολ, Μελχομ), compare Gie, and Zephaniah 1:5 (Syriac Version Vulgate, compare Now), probably 2 Samuel 12:30 = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (see H4428 מֶלֶךְ 5d), and perhaps Amos 1:15 (whence Jeremiah 49:3; compare Dr Now; — not We GASm).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

12:30

1 Kings

11:5; 11:7; 11:33; 11:33

2 Kings

23:13

1 Chronicles

8:9; 20:2

Jeremiah

49:1; 49:1; 49:3; 49:3; 49:3

Amos

1:15

Zephaniah

1:5; 1:5

H4445

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4445 matches the Hebrew מַלְכָּם (malkām),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5 - (LXX 11:6) and to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - Because he forsook me, and sacrificed to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos, and to the idols of Moab, and to [fn]their king the [fn]abomination of the children of Ammon, and he walked not in my ways, to do that which was right before me, as David his father did.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - And the king defiled the house that was before Jerusalem, on the right hand of the mount of Mosthath, which Solomon king of Israel built to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the abomination of Moab, and to Moloch the abomination of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:9 - And he begot of his wife Ada, Jolab, and Sebia, and Misa, and Melchas,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 - and them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and swear by the Lord, and them that swear by their king;
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