Word Study · Strong's H4445 · Hebrew
מַלְכָּם
Malkam
mal-kawm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Malkâm
“Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites
Rendered in the KJV as
Malcham, Milcom.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם2
- מִלְכֹּ֔ם1
- מַלְכָּֽם׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- and to Milcom2
- Malkam1
- Milcom1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/R/Npt · 2
- HNpm · 1
- HNpt · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 11:5מִלְכֹּ֔םmilkomproper noun (a name)Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.here: Milcom
- 1 Kings 11:33וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖םulemilkomconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.here: and to Milcom