Moloch, Molech, or Molek[a] is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. The Greek Septuagint translates many of these instances as "their king", but maintains the word or name Moloch in others, including one additional time in the Book of Amos where the Hebrew text does not attest the name.

Although Moloch is not named in the Deuteronomy passage, it is likely that his cult was the object of the prohibition. The author of the Book of Kings speaks about "passing [one's] son and daughter through fire" (II Kings 16:3 [son], 17:17, 21:6 [son]).

Throughout the Tanach, there are many references to a rite named Molech, which involved passing children through fire, with many warnings from G‑d to not observe it. What Was Molech? Did the Child Die? Was It Really Practiced?

2017年9月11日 · Howevers some of folcs worshiped Moloch. The word by itself is 3 letters: MLH - thats the root which all semitic nations were using - that’s all and israelites called him “Malcam” - wich means “their king”. By the way, Mohammad by …

2021年10月2日 · Perhaps no pagan deity was as reviled as Moloch, a god whose cult reportedly sacrificed children in a furnace set inside the belly of a bronze bull. Throughout antiquity, sacrifice might have been utilized in times of great strife.

2023年10月6日 · Author Derek Gilbert provides a deeper look into the identity of Molech in his book Last Clash of the Titans. Gilbert explains that Molech was worshiped in the Amorite kingdom, based on the Euphrates River, near the border between Syria and Iraq, under the …

2017年4月4日 · Above: Goetic Sigil of Moloch Channeled By Augustus Grigori. Theistic Satanism describes Moloch as a solar and infernal deity who instills health, power, strength, and nourishment within the magickian– a courageous, theriomorphic warlord who lights his …

Moloch, also spelled Molech, is a deity associated with the ancient Near Eastern practice of child sacrifice. The worship of Moloch is explicitly condemned in the Bible, and it is often linked with the abominable practices of the Canaanites and other neighboring peoples.

In I Kings xi. 7 it is said that Solomon built a high place for Molech in the mountain "that is before Jerusalem." The same passage calls Molech an Ammonite deity. The Septuagint as quoted in the New Testament (Acts vii. 43) finds a reference to Moloch in Amos v. …

Moloch, a Canaanite deity associated in biblical sources with the practice of child sacrifice. The name derives from combining the consonants of the Hebrew melech (“king”) with the vowels of boshet (“shame”), the latter often being used in the Old Testament as a variant name for the popular god Baal (“Lord”).