Lexicon :: Strong's H4445 - malkām

מַלְכָּם
Transliteration
malkām
Pronunciation
mal-kawm'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From מֶלֶךְ (H4428) for מֹלֶךְ (H4432)
Strong’s Definitions

מַלְכָּם Malkâm, mal-kawm'; or מִלְכּוֹם Milkôwm; from H4428 for H4432; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites:—Malcham, Milcom.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H4445 in the following manner: Milcom (3x), Malcham (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H4445 in the following manner: Milcom (3x), Malcham (1x).
  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְכָּם Malkâm, mal-kawm'; or מִלְכּוֹם Milkôwm; from H4428 for H4432; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites:—Malcham, Milcom.
STRONGS H4445: Abbreviations
מַלְכָּם proper name, masculine a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:9. B Μελχας, A Μελχαμ, Μελχομ. On Jeremiah 49:1, 3; Zephaniah 1:5 see מִלְכֹּם below.

מִלְכֹּם proper name, of a divinity Milcom, god of Ammonites (compare RSSemitic 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 MT מֹלֶךְ) 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( Μελχολ, Μελχομ), compare Gie, and Zephaniah 1:5 ( , compare Now), probably 2 Samuel 12:30 = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (see H4428 מֶלֶךְ 5d), and perhaps Amos 1:15 (whence Jeremiah 49:3; compare Dr Now; — not We GASm).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

12:30

1 Kings

11:5; 11:7; 11:33; 11:33

2 Kings

23:13

1 Chronicles

8:9; 20:2

Jeremiah

49:1; 49:1; 49:3

Amos

1:15

Zephaniah

1:5; 1:5