Word Study · Strong's H4432 · Hebrew
מֹלֶךְ
Molek
mo'-lek
Strong's 1890 spelling: Môlek
“Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites
Rendered in the KJV as
Molech. Compare H4445 (מַלְכָּם).
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ2
- הַמֹּ֖לֶךְ1
- וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ1
- לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ1
- לַמֹּ֔לֶךְ1
- לַמֹּלֶךְ֒1
- לַמֹּֽלֶךְ׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- to the Molech6
- and for Molech1
- the Molech1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)6
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HRd/Npt · 6
- HC/R/Npt · 1
- HTd/Npt · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus5 occurrences
- Leviticus 18:21לַמֹּ֑לֶךְlamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.here: to the Molech
- Leviticus 20:2לַמֹּ֖לֶךְlamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.here: to the Molech
- Leviticus 20:3לַמֹּ֔לֶךְlamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.here: to the Molech
- Leviticus 20:4לַמֹּ֑לֶךְlamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,here: to the Molech
- Leviticus 20:5הַמֹּ֖לֶךְhamolekhthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.here: the Molech