Hebrew n-m-t · H4432
מֹלֶךְ
Molekmo'-lek
Molech
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Môlek
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4432is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4432
Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites
The King James renders it: Molech. Compare H4445 (מַלְכָּם).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Molek is rendered "Molech". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Five of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 18:21You 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.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
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.
Leviticus 18:21לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's eight uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to the Molech6
- and for Molech1
- the Molech1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ2
- הַמֹּ֖לֶךְ1
- וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ1
- לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ1
- לַמֹּ֔לֶךְ1
- לַמֹּלֶךְ֒1
- לַמֹּֽלֶךְ׃1
The grammar of each form
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)6HRd/Npt
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npt
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1HTd/Npt
Leviticus
five uses
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.
- לַמֹּ֑לֶךְlamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: to the Molech
“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.
- לַמֹּ֖לֶךְlamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: to the Molech
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.
- לַמֹּ֔לֶךְlamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: to the Molech
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,
- לַמֹּ֑לֶךְlamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: to the Molech
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.
- הַמֹּ֖לֶךְhamolekhthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Molech
1 Kings
one use
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
- וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְulemolekhconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and for Molech
2 Kings
one use
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
- לַמֹּֽלֶךְ׃lamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: to the Molech
Jeremiah
one use
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
- לַמֹּלֶךְ֒lamolekhpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: to the Molech
The letters
Gematria 90· 570 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.