- Transliteration: Moloch

- Phonetic: mol-okh'

- Definition: Molech = "king"

1. the name of the idol god of the Ammonites, to which human victims, particularly young children were offered in sacrifice. Its image was a hollow brazen figure, with the head of an ox, and outstretched human arms. It was heated red hot by a fire from within, and the little ones placed in its arms to be slowly burned, while to prevent the parents from hearing the dying cries, the sacrificing priests beat drums

- Origin: of hebrew origin H4432" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4432

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin [H4432" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4432]; Moloch (that is Molek) an idol: - Moloch.