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Lexicon :: Strong's H4432 - mōleḵ

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מֹלֶךְ
Transliteration
mōleḵ
Pronunciation
mo'-lek
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1199h

Strong’s Definitions

מֹלֶךְ Môlek, mo'-lek; from H4427; Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites:—Molech. Compare H4445.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4432 in the following manner: Molech (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4432 in the following manner: Molech (8x).

  1. Molech = "king"

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֹלֶךְ Môlek, mo'-lek; from H4427; Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites:—Molech. Compare H4445.
STRONGS H4432: Abbreviations
† מֹ֫לֶךְ proper name, of a divinity Molech (Greek Version of the LXX Μολοχ, Vulgate Moloch) (= מֶלֶךְ i.e. (divine) King, with vowels of בּשֶׁת to denote abhorrence, HoffmZAW iii. 1883, 124 RSSemitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372; compare HoffmGG Abh. xxxvi. 1890 a (May, 1889), 25; Phoenician proper name, of divinity מלך Milk, in proper names compare Bloch, DrDt. 222 f.); — with article הַמּ׳: — the god to whom Israel sacrificed children with fire (in valley of Hinnom); העביר בָּנֵשׁ לַ מּ׳ 2 Kings 23:10; העביר לַמּ׳ Jeremiah 32:35 (|| הַבַּעַל), Leviticus 18:21 (H); נתן לַמּ׳ Leviticus 20:2, 3, 4 (H); more generally לִזְנוֺת אַחֲרֵי הַמּ׳ Leviticus 20:5 (H). In 1 Kings 11:7 read probably מִלְכֹּם, which see.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

18:21; 20:2; 20:3; 20:4; 20:5

1 Kings

11:7

2 Kings

23:10

Jeremiah

32:35

H4432

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Strong's Number H4432 matches the Hebrew מֹלֶךְ (mōleḵ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:21 - ‘You shall not give H5414 any H4480 of your offspring H2233 to [fn]offer H5674 them to Molech, H4432 nor H3808 shall you profane H2455 the name H8034 of your God; H430 I am the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “You shall also say H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel: H3478 ‘Any H376 man H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 or from the aliens H1616 sojourning H1481 in Israel H3478 who H834 gives H5414 any H4480 of his [fn]offspring H2233 to Molech, H4432 shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to death; H4191 the people H5971 of the land H776 shall stone H7275 him with stones. H68

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - ‘I will also set H5414 My face H6440 against that man H376 and will cut H3772 him off H3772 from among H7130 his people, H5971 because H3588 he has given H5414 some H4480 of his [fn]offspring H2233 to Molech, H4432 so H4616 as to defile H2930 My sanctuary H4720 and to profane H2455 My holy H6944 name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - ‘If H518 the people H5971 of the land, H776 however, [fn]should ever H5956 disregard H5956 H5869 that man H376 when he gives H5414 any H4480 of his [fn]offspring H2233 to Molech, H4432 so as not to put H4191 him to death, H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - then I Myself H589 will set H7760 My face H6440 against that man H376 and against his family, H4940 and I will cut H3772 off H3772 from among H7130 their people H5971 both him and all H3605 those who play H2181 the harlot H2181 after H310 him, by playing H2181 the harlot H2181 after H310 Molech. H4432

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then H227 Solomon H8010 built H1129 a high H1116 place H1116 for Chemosh H3645 the detestable H8251 idol H8251 of Moab, H4124 on the mountain H2022 which H834 is [fn]east H5921 H6440 of Jerusalem, H3389 and for Molech H4432 the detestable H8251 idol H8251 of the sons H1121 of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:10 - He also defiled H2930 [fn]Topheth, H8612 which H834 is in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom, H2011 that no H1115 man H376 might make his son H1121 or his daughter H1323 pass H5674 through the fire H784 for Molech. H4432

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - “They built H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 of Baal H1168 that are in the valley H1516 of Ben-hinnom H1121 H2011 to cause their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 to pass H5674 through H5674 the fire to Molech, H4432 which H834 I had not commanded H6680 them nor H3808 had it [fn]entered H5927 My mind H3820 that they should do H6213 this H2088 abomination, H8441 to cause Judah H3063 to sin. H2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - “You also carried H5375 along [fn]Sikkuth H5522 your king H4428 and [fn]Kiyyun, H3594 your images, H6754 [fn]the star H3556 of your gods H430 which H834 you made H6213 for yourselves.
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