Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Molek" | Western Semitic / Ammonite | God. Synonymous with the god Moloch (Hebrew) of the Vetus Testamentum to whom Israelite children were sacrificed by burning (1 kings 11.7 and 2 kings23.10)... |
God name "Molek/ Moloch" | Amorite | A god of fire that children were sacrificed to IAW 1 kings11:7 & 2 kings 23:10 only |
God name "Moloch" | Africa | Molek, either the name of a god or the name of a particular kind of sacrifice åśśociated historically with Phoenician and related cultures in north Africa and the Levant. |