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H4432מֹ֫לֶךְmo.lekh

MolechPart of speech: Proper Name of a Male some kind

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. 5
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1
  12. 1
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. 1
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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8 occurrences in 8 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Leviticus 18:21

    And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

    לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ (מֹּ֑לֶךְ) Mo.lekh “Molech”

  2. Leviticus 20:2

    Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel: Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with s

    לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ (מֹּ֖לֶךְ) Mo.lekh “Molech”

  3. Leviticus 20:3

    I also will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile My sanctuary, and to profane My holy name.

    לַמֹּ֔לֶךְ (מֹּ֔לֶךְ) Mo.lekh “Molech”

  4. Leviticus 20:4

    And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;

    לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ (מֹּ֑לֶךְ) Mo.lekh “Molech”

  5. Leviticus 20:5

    then I will set My face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go astray after him, to go astray after Molech, from among their people.

    הַמֹּ֖לֶךְ (מֹּ֖לֶךְ) Mo.lekh “Molech”

  6. 1 Kings 11:7

    Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the detestation of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestation of the children of Ammon.

    וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ (מֹ֕לֶךְ) Mo.lekh “Molech”

  7. 2 Kings 23:10

    And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

    לַמֹּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֹּֽלֶךְ) Mo.lekh “Molech”

  8. Jeremiah 32:35

    And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to set apart their sons and their daughters unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into My mind, that they should do this abomination; to cause Judah

    לַמֹּלֶךְ֒ (מֹּלֶךְ֒) mo.leKh “Molech”