H4432 מֹלֶךְ
Môlek — Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites
KJV: Molech. Compare H4445 (מַלְכָּם).
Derived from מָלַךְ mâlak (to reign)
Occurs 9 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מֹ֫לֶךְ n.pr.div. Molech:—the god to whom Isr. sacrif. children with fire (in valley of Hinnom)
Where it occurs
- Leviticus 18:21 — “‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am…
- Leviticus 20:2 — “Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, ‘Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as…
- Leviticus 20:3 — I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given of his…
- Leviticus 20:4 — If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t put…
- Leviticus 20:5 — then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute…
- 1 Kings 11:7 — Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for…
- 2 Kings 23:10 — He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to…
- Jeremiah 32:35 — They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their…
- Amos 5:26 — You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for…