# H4432 מֹלֶךְ

מֹלֶךְ (Môlek), Strong’s H4432: Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites KJV: Molech. Compare H4445 (מַלְכָּם).. Occurs 9 times.

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*Môlek* — Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites

KJV: Molech. Compare H4445 (מַלְכָּם).

Derived from [מָלַךְ mâlak](https://besorah.bible/word/H4427) (to reign)

Occurs 9 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/23?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/5?v=26) — You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for…