H4432Proper name, a title8 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Leviticus 18:21לַמֹּלֶךְ
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.
- 1 Kings 11:7וּלְמֹלֶךְ
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.
- 2 Kings 23:10לַמֹּלֶךְ
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.
- Jeremiah 32:35לַמֹּלֶךְ
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.