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God of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
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moloch
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Moloch is the name of a god associated with child sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible and with Phoenician religion. Moloch may also mean: Moloch horridus , also known as the Australian thorny devil, the sole lizard species of the genus Moloch Moloch (film) , ...
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n. (taxlink Moloch horridus species noshow=1), an Australian lizard thought to be the sole member of the genus ''Moloch''.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Canaanite god said to have been propitiated by sacrificing children (Lev. xviii:21), from Latin Moloch , from Greek Molokh , from Hebrew molekh , from melekh "king," altered by the Jews with the vowel points from basheth "shame" to express their horror ...
Usage examples of moloch.
The Moloch was revered as the God of Fire to whom innocent children were sacrificed.
At the beginning of the time of King Josiah, within the framework of his reign activities, the shrines to the Moloch in ancient Israel were destroyed.
She constantly talked of the fierce retribution of the fierce sacrificial pit of the fire god, the Moloch that would result from his sinning actions.
She tormented herself in the orgy of her sin and she feared the blare of the horn and the beat of the drum that signalled the coming of the Moloch and his fearful punishment for the damned.
Otherwise the virtuous ones feared that the fornicators would go, like the all sinners, to the fiery sacrificial pit of the Moloch, and their souls will rot in the foulness of hell.
It was coupled with the constant mindless threats of the hell-fires of the Moloch repeated by his mother to him by not going in the path of righteousness.
With the pulsating fear of the coming of the Moloch beating in the depth of his thoughts, he quickened his pace and ran from the room.
Yah Yah Yahu, Moloch, Moloch - the Moloch is the sun by day and the god of eternal heat of all kinds.
They cried out to the Moloch to accept their rich concecrated gifts of three of their first-born of their loins as an antonement for their moral offences committed in the past.
The idols were dedicated to assist the fiery and vengeful god Moloch in his reign as the god of fire and storm in the nether world.
On one side of the altar was a massive bronze calf-headed idol depicting the image of the vengeful god, the Moloch, ever-waiting with ready open arms.
Then, with a slight shuffling movement to the rhythm of the primitive orchestra, the servants of the fire-god formed a half-circle around the image of the Moloch and the wide fiery pit.
Following the ceremonial rites, the holy attendants lifted their sacred staves high and turned to the bronze calf-headed image of the Moloch, calling to the idol of fire to hear and to accept their pleas and petitions.
To the great lord Moloch, the king of eternal fire, a great and noble sacrifice offered, breath for breath, blood for blood, life for life.
He footfalls quavered to the very core of his being as he carefully climbed the stone steps to the presence of the terrifying calf-headed image of the Moloch, the fire god of the nether world.