מַלְכָּם

Strong’s Definition

Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites

Etymology & Derivation

or מִלְכּוֹם; from H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) for H4432 (מֹלֶךְ);

KJV Usage

Malcham, Milcom.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the god of the ammonites and phoenicians to whom some israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of hinnom
• 2.also 'molech'
• 3.a benjamite, son of shaharaim by his wife hodesh

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Malkâm; Pronunciation: mal-kawm'