TBESH · H4432
מֹ֫לֶךְ · mo.lekh · Molech
§ Molech = "king" the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
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mo.lekh H4432
מֹ֫לֶךְ (mo.lekh) means “Molech” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מֹ֫לֶךְ Hebrew · H4432 8 tagged occurrences in 8 verses
Pronunciation guide: mo'-lek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H4427 (מָלַךְ); Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites
KJV glosses: Molech. Compare H4445 (מַלְכָּם).
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How translators render H4432
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to molech | 5 |
| and for molech | 1 |
| molech | 1 |
| the fire to molech | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| unto molech | 4 |
| to molech | 2 |
| and for molech | 1 |
| with molech | 1 |
Verses containing H4432
Page 1 of 1. 8 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Leviticus 18:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Leviticus 20:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
Read word by word - Leviticus 20:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Leviticus 20:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
Read word by word - Leviticus 20:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 11:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 23:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 32:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-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.
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