4432 - Molek

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מֹ֫לֶך
Transliteration: Molek
Definition (short): Molech
Definition (full): Molech -- a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from the same as melek
Definition: a heathen god to whom Isr. sacrificed children
NASB Translation: Molech (8).
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From malak; Molek (i.e. King), the chief deity of the Ammonites -- Molech. Compare Malkam.

see HEBREW malak

see HEBREW Malkam

KJV: And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
NASB: 'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.
KJV: Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
NASB: "You shall also say to the sons of Israel: 'Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
KJV: And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
NASB: 'I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name.
KJV: And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
NASB: 'If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death,
KJV: Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
NASB: then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech.