Moloch – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Moloch
n.
Canaanite god mentioned in the Bible (whose ritual included human sacrifice)
Moloch
Moloch, also known as
Molech,
Molekh,
Molok,
Molek,
Moloc,
Melech,
Milcom, or
Molcom (representing
Semitic מלך ملك
m-l-k, a
Semitic root meaning "
king") is the name of an ancient type of sacrifice or a god, who was first worshiped in
Ammon. Moloch was either practised (as a sacrifice) or worshipped (as a god) by the
Canaanites,
Phoenicians, and related cultures in
North Africa and the
Levant.
Moloch
Noun
1. a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas
(hypernym) power, force
2. god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
(synonym) Molech
(hypernym) Semitic deity
moloch
Noun
1. any lizard of the genus Moloch
(hypernym) agamid, agamid lizard
(hyponym) mountain devil, spiny lizard, Moloch horridus
(member-holonym) genus Moloch
Moloch (das)
n.
destructive force, something which requires blind devotion or cruel sacrifice
moloch
nm.
Moloch, Canaanite god mentioned in the Bible (whose ritual included human sacrifice)
