# מֹלֶךְ (molekh)

Israeli respelling: mo-lekh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4432. 9 Old Testament occurrences.

Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites

King James renderings: Molech. Compare H4445 (מַלְכָּם).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/molekh-h4432

## Occurrences

- [Leviticus 18:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/18/21) — 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.
- [Leviticus 20:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/20/2) — 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, tha…
- [Leviticus 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/20/3) — 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 defi…
- [Leviticus 20:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/20/4) — 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:
- [Leviticus 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/20/5) — 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 whor…
- [1 Kings 11:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/7) — Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomin…
- [2 Kings 23:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/23/10) — And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through th…
- [Jeremiah 32:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/35) — And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass throu…
- [Amos 5:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/5/26) — But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.