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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
moloch \mo"loch\, prop. n. heb. molek king.
1. script. the fire god of the ammonites in canaan, to whom
human sacrifices were offered; molech. also applied
figuratively.
1913 webster
2. zool. a spiny australian lizard moloch horridus. the
horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it
a most formidable appearance.
1913 webster molokane
see also:
moloch horridus
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
moloch
n 1: a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience
or sacrifice; "the great moloch of war"; "duty has
become the moloch of modern life"- norman douglas
2: god of the ammonites and phoenicians to whom parents
sacrificed their children syn: molech
3: any lizard of the genus moloch
see also:
molech
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
52 moby thesaurus words for "moloch":
adad, adapa, anu, anunaki, ashur, baal, beltu, dagon, damkina,
dumuzi, ea, enlil, ereshkigal, gibil, girru, gish bar, gishzida,
gula, igigi, inanna, isimud, ki, lahmu, mama, marduk, merodach,
nabu, nammu, namtar, nanna, nebo, nergal, neti, nina, ningal,
ningirsu, ninhursag, ninlil, ninmah, ninsar, nintoo, nusku,
papsukai, ramman, shala, shamash, sin, utnapishtim, uttu, utu,
zarpanit, zubird
- [4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
moloch
king, the name of the national god of the ammonites, to whom
children were sacrificed by fire. he was the consuming and
destroying and also at the same time the purifying fire. in amos
5:26, "your moloch" of the authorized version is "your king" in
the revised version comp. acts 7:43. solomon 1 kings 11:7
erected a high place for this idol on the mount of olives, and
from that time till the days of josiah his worship continued 2
kings 23:10, 13. in the days of jehoahaz it was partially
restored, but after the captivity wholly disappeared. he is also
called molech lev. 18:21; 20:2-5, etc., milcom 1 kings 11:5,
33, etc., and malcham zeph. 1:5. this god became chemosh
among the moabites.
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