Molech

[ moh-lek ]

noun

1. a variant of Moloch ( defs 1, 2 ).

Molech

/ ˈməʊlɛk /

noun

1. Old Testament a variant of Moloch

Example Sentences

And Luke, in Acts viii. 43., says, “Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Molech.”

From Project Gutenberg

As thus Baal means Lord, and as Melech or Molech or Moloch means king, they denote this god of the Ammonites; and it is perhaps, he himself who, in the most ancient theology of the Phœnicians, was often called by the singular title of king of gods.

From Project Gutenberg

The Carthaginians worshipped Amilear, and that name comes from the same source as Molech.

From Project Gutenberg

Under the Mosaic law, capital offenses ranged from gathering sticks on the Sabbath and adultery to the sacrifice of children to the god Molech.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 the fire to Molech.

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