Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Molech"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Molech \Mo"lech\, n. [Heb. molek king.] (Script.)
The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were
offered; Moloch. --Lev. xviii. 21.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Molech
n : god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents
sacrificed their children [syn: {Moloch}, {Molech}]
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