Malkâm — H4445

Definition

masculine proper noun

Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites

1. Milcom = "great king"
2. the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
1. also 'Molech'
3. a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

Usually translated as

Milcom, Malcham

Origin

or Milkôwm; from H4428 for H4432

• Derived from Melek (H4428)
• Derived from Môlek (H4432)

Occurrences

Malkâm occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Zephaniah (1)

• 1 Kings 11:5 — For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom (מִלְכֹּ֔ם) the abomination of the Ammonites.
• 1 Kings 11:33 — Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom (וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם) the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
• 2 Kings 23:13 — And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom (וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם) the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
• 1 Chronicles 8:9 — And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham (מַלְכָּֽם),
• Zephaniah 1:5 — And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;