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H4445 מַלְכָּם (Malkâm) mal-kawm'
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Strong's Definition

or Milkowm {mil-kome'}; from 4428 for 4432; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites

KJV Usage: Malcham, Milcom

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַלְכָּם (mal.kam) — Malcam. A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.9; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hodesh (H2321); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821), Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Milcom = "great king" a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

מִלכֹּם (mil.kom) — Milcom. Milcom = "great king" the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom 1a) also 'Molech' Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name

Names of Deities

Milcom = deity; ► worshipped by Ammonites

1KI 11:5 · 1KI 11:33 · 2KI 23:13

Reinier de Blois

name

Names of People

Malcam =man; ◄ son of Shaharaim and his wife Hodesh; tribe of Benjamin; ► family head

1CH 8:9

Names of Deities

Milcom = deity; ► worshipped by Ammonites; usually vocalized as מִלְכֹם

JER 49:1 · JER 49:3 · ZEP 1:5

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַלְכָּם n.pr.m. a Benjamite base

מִלכֹּם n.pr.div. Milcom, god of Ammonites base

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