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G3434 Μολόχ (Molóch)
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Μολόχ, ὁ Prop.n. Moloch

Strong's Definition

of Hebrew origin (4432); Moloch (i.e. Molek), an idol

KJV Usage: Moloch

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, m. | indeclinable

93.265 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Moloch the name of a Canaanite god

ACT 7:43

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Μολόχ, ὁ, (Hebr. 70, 0570, also D392; cf. Gesenius, Thes. ii. p. 794 sq-), indecl., Moloch, name of the idolgod of the Ammonites, to which human victims, particularly young children, were offered in sacrifice. According to the description in the Jalkut ({Rashi (vulg. Jarchi)] on Jer. vii. [31]), its image was a hollow brazen figure, with the head of an ox, and outstretched human little ones placed in its arms to be slowly burned, while to prevent their parents from hearing their dying cries the sacrificing-priests beat drums (see γέεννα) : Acts vii43 fr. Am. ν. 26 Sept., where Hebr. 03399, which ought to have been translated βασιλέως ὑμῶν, i. 6. of your idol. Cf. Win. RWB. 5. v. Moloch; J. G. Miiller in Herzog ix. 714 sq.; Merz in Schenkel v. 194 sq.; [BB.DD. s. v. Molech, Moloch; W. Robertson Smith in Encye. Brit. ed. 9, s. v.; Baudissin, Jahve et Moloch ete. and esp. in Herzog 2 vol. x. 168-178].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Μολόχ Moloch 1x

Moloch, pr. name, indecl., Acts 7:43*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Μολόχ, ὁ, indecl. (Heb. מֹלֶךְ, prop. מֶלֶךְ, King, but vocalized to read בֺּשֶׁת, shame, of. Βάαλ, and v. DB, iii, 415 f.), Moloch, the god of the Ammonites: Ac 7:43(LXX).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Μολόχ (Moloch) — Moloch. Μολόχ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. מֶלֶךְ, prop. מֶלֶךְ King, but vocalized to read בֺּשֶׁת, shame, of. Βάαλ, and see DB, iii, 415 f.), Moloch, the god of the Ammonites : Act.7:43 (LXX).† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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