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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.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5 -

Solomon followed Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 -

“For they have abandoned me; they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight and to carry out my statutes and my judgments as his father David did.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 -

The king also defiled the high places that were across from Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the abhorrent idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:9 -

His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 -

those who bow in worship on the rooftops

to the stars in the sky;

those who bow and pledge loyalty to the LORD

but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;[fn]

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