Molech

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Molech \Mo"lech\, prop. n. [Heb. molek king.] (Script.)
     The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were
     offered; Moloch. --Lev. xviii. 21.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Molech
       n : god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents
           sacrificed their children [syn: {Moloch}]

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Molech, Moloch, king