ʻĂnammelek — H6048
H6048 · Hebrew — ענמלך
Pronunciation: an-am-meh'-lek
Definition
deity proper noun
Anammelek, an Assyrian deity
- Anammelech = "image of the king"
- an Assyrian false god introduced to Israel during the monarchy; worshipped with rites resembling those of Molech; companion god of 'Adrammelech'
Usually translated as
Anammelech
Occurrences
ʻĂnammelek occurs 1 time in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1)
- 2 Kings 17:31 — And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech (וַֽעֲנַמֶּ֖לֶךְ), the gods of Sepharvaim.