Strong H4445H4445Bמִלכֹּם
Milcom
One of the 2 senses of Strong H4445
- Transliteration
- malkâm milkôm
- Pronunciation
- {mal-kawm'} mil-kome'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of some kind
Definition
Molech (or Milcom or Moloch) was a Canaanite deity associated with child sacrifice.
Meaning of the name
Milcom = "great king"
General definition
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 H4445B appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- milcom3
First verses
- 1 Kings 11:5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
- 2 Kings 23:13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.