Molech
a variant of Moloch (defs. 1, 2).
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How to use Molech in a sentence
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?
Folkways | William Graham SumnerIt was forbidden to the Jews to make their children "pass through the fire" to Molech.1966 They often did it.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerNay, 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.
British Dictionary definitions for Molech
/ (ˈməʊlɛk) /
Old Testament a variant of Moloch
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