Strong H4428H4428Kמֶ֫לֶךְ
Milcom
One of the 6 senses of Strong H4428
- Transliteration
- melek
- Pronunciation
- meh'-lek
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)
General definition
From H4427; a king: - {king} royal.
In the biblical story
Molech
Canaanite deity associated with child sacrifice.
Molech (or Milcom or Moloch) was a Canaanite deity associated with child sacrifice.
In the Bible
Strong H4428K appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- king2
- malcham1
First verses
- Jeremiah 49:1Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
- Jeremiah 49:3Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
- Zephaniah 1:5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;