Strong's Concordance Moloch: Moloch, the god of the Ammonites Original Word: Μολόχ, ὁPart of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Moloch Phonetic Spelling: (mol-okh') Definition: Moloch, the god of the Ammonites Usage: Moloch, a god worshipped by several Semitic peoples. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Hebrew origin Molek Definition Moloch, the god of the Ammonites NASB Translation Moloch (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3434: ΜολόχΜολόχ, ὁ (Hebrew מֹלֶך, מִלְכֹּם, also מַלְכָּם; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 794f), indeclinable, Moloch, name of the idol-god of the Ammonites, to which human victims, particularly young children, were offered in sacrifice. According to the description in the Jalkut ((Rashi (Vulg. Jarchi)) on Jeremiah 7:(31)), its image was a hollow brazen figure, with the head of an ox, and outstretched human arms. It was heated red-hot by fire from within, and the little ones placed in its arms to be slowly burned, while to prevent their parents from hearing their dying cries the sacrificing-priests beat drums (see γηννα): Acts 7:43 from Amos 5:26 the Sept., where Hebrew מַלְכְּכֶם, which ought to have been translated βασιλέως ὑμῶν, i. e. of your idol. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word, Moloch; J. G. Müller in Herzog ix. 714f; Merx in Schenkel see 194f; (BB. DD. under the words Molech, Moloch; Winers Grammar, Robertson Smith in Encyc. Brit. edition 9, under the word; Baudissin, Jahve et Moloch etc. and especially in Herzog 2 vol. 10:168-178). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Moloch. Of Hebrew origin (Molek); Moloch (i.e. Molek), an idol -- Moloch. see HEBREW Molek Forms and Transliterations Μολοχ Μολόχ Μολὸχ μολόχη μολύνσεως Moloch MolóchLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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