מֹלֶךְ
Môlek · mo'-lek
Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4427 (מָלַךְ);
Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Molech. Compare H4445 (מַלְכָּם).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֹלֶךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- unto molech3 · 38%
- through the fire to molech1 · 13%
- with molech1 · 13%
- and for molech1 · 13%
- to molech1 · 13%
- through the fire unto molech1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.