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Molech

[ moh-lek ]

noun

  1. a variant of Moloch ( defs 1, 2 ).


Molech

/ ˈməʊlɛk /

noun

  1. See Moloch
    Old Testament a variant of Moloch


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The Carthaginians worshipped Amilear, and that name comes from the same source as Molech.

If parents threw their children into the furnace to Molech, why should they not devote their daughters to Ishtar?

It was forbidden to the Jews to make their children "pass through the fire" to Molech.1966 They often did it.

Nay, so much zeal might have propitiated the savage heart of a Molech.

With the exception of v. 21 (on Molech worship), which is here out of place, and has possibly been introduced from xx.

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