NAVE: Malcam Milcom
EBD: Malcam
SMITH: MILCOM
ISBE: MALCAM MILCOM
Malkam
In Bible versions:
Malkam: NETMilcom: NET AVS NIV NASB TEV
Malcam: AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a pagan god, the national deity of the Ammonites (IBD)
their king
NET Glossary: a variation or alternative form of the name Molech, the pagan god worshiped by the Ammonites
Hebrew
Strongs #04445: Mklm Malkam or Mwklm Milkowm
Milcom = "great king"1) the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites
sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
1a) also 'Molech'
2) a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh
4445 Malkam mal-kawm'
or Milkowm {mil-kome'}; from 4428 for 4432; Malcam or Milcom,the national idol of the Ammonites:-Malcham, Milcom.
see HEBREW for 04428
see HEBREW for 04432
Strongs #04428: Klm melek
1) king4428 melek meh'-lek
from 4427; a king:-king, royal.see HEBREW for 04427
Malcam [EBD]
(2 Sam. 12:30, Heb., R.V., "their king;" Jer. 49:1, 3, R.V.; Zeph. 1:5), the national idol of the Ammonites. When Rabbah was taken by David, the crown of this idol was among the spoils. The weight is said to have been "a talent of gold" (above 100 lbs.). The expression probably denotes its value rather than its weight. It was adorned with precious stones.
MILCOM [SMITH]
(great king). [MOLECH]MALCAM [ISBE]
MALCAM - mal'-kam (malkam, "their king"; the King James Version Maleham):(1) A chief of the Benjamites, son of Shaharaim (1 Ch 8:9).
(2) The name of an idol as well as the possessive pronominal form of melekh, "king" (2 Sam 12:30 the Revised Version margin; Jer 49:1,3 Septuagint Melchol); Zeph 1:5). In Am 1:15 it appears to be best translated "their king," as in both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American). Only a careful examination of the context can determine whether the word is the proper name of the idol (Moloch) or the 3rd personal possessive pronoun for king. The idol is also spelt "Milcom" and "Molech."
