Strong's H4445 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: מַלְכָּם (Malkâm)

Pronunciation: mal-kawm'

POS: mal-kawm' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or ; from for ;

Definition: or מִלְכּוֹם; from מֶלֶךְ for מֹלֶךְ; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites; Malcham, Milcom.

KJV Usage: Malcham, Milcom.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Milcom = "great king"
• 2. 1) the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
• 3. 1a) also 'Molech'
• 4. 2) a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

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