Moloch (redirected from Molekh)

Moloch (mō`lŏk), in the Bible: see Molech.

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Moloch

Ancient Middle Eastern deity to whom children were sacrificed. The laws given to Moses by God expressly forbade the Israelites to sacrifice children to Moloch, as the Egyptians and Canaanites did. A shrine to Moloch outside the walls of Jerusalem was destroyed during the reign of Josiah the reformer.

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Moloch, Molech

Old Testament a Semitic deity to whom parents sacrificed their children

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Moloch

deity to whom parents sacrificed their children. [O.T.: II Kings 23:10]

See : Idolatry

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Moloch

god to whom idolatrous Israelites immolated children. [O.T.: II Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 7:31–32, 32:35]

See : Sacrifice