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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4445 - מַלְכָּם

Transliteration
Malkâm
Phonetics
mal-kawm', mil-kome'
Origin
from (H4428) for (H4432)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (4)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
BSB (4)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
CSB (7)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
Jeremiah 2
Zephaniah 1
ESV (4)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
KJV (4)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
LEB (5)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
Zephaniah 1
LSB (0)
The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (0)
The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (4)
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 מַלְכָּם proper name, masculine a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:9. ᵐ5 B Μελχας, A Μελχαμ, ᵐ5 L Μελχομ. On Jeremiah 49:1,3; Zephaniah 1:5 see מִלְכֹּם.

מִלְכֹּם proper name, of a divinity Milcom, god of Ammonites (compare RS Semitic i. 67) — שִׁקֻּץ עַמֹּנִים׳מ 1 Kings 11:5 ("" עַשְׁתֹּרֶת); compare אֱלֹהֵי בְנֵי עַמּוֺן׳מ 1 Kings 11:33 ("" ׳ע + כְּמוֺשׁ), so read also (for ᵑ0מֹלֶךְ) 1 Kings 11:7 ("" כְּמוֺשׁ); תּוֺעֲבַת׳מ בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן 2 Kings 23:13 ("" as 1 Kings 11:33); read מִלְכֹּם also for מַלְכָּם Jeremiah 49:1,3(ᵐ5 Μελχολ, Μελχομ), compare Gie, and Zephaniah 1:5 (ᵑ6ᵑ9, compare Now), probably 2 Samuel 12:30 = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (see מֶלֶךְ 5d), and perhaps Amos 1:15 (whence Jeremiah 49:3; compare Dr Now; — not We GASm).


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַלְכָּם [Malcham], pr.n.

(1) of an idol of the Moabites and Ammonites, i.q. מִלְכֹּם and מֹלֶךְ Jerem. 49:1, 1 Chronicles 9:3 (but Zephaniah 1:5; Amos 1:15 מַלְכָּם is an appellative [with suff.]).

(2) m. 1 Chronicles 8:9.


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List of Word Forms
בְּמַלְכָּֽם׃ במלכם׃ וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם ולמלכם מִלְכֹּ֔ם מַלְכָּֽם׃ מלכם מלכם׃ bə·mal·kām bemalKam bəmalkām mal·kām malKam malkām mil·kōm milKom milkōm ū·lə·mil·kōm ulemilKom ūləmilkōm
 
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