HebrewH4445Proper Noun (Masculine)

מַלְכָּם

mal.kam

“Malcam”

4Occurrences

H4445Strong's #

Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hodesh (H2321); brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821), Abitub (H0036) and Elpaal (H0508) § Milcom = "great king" a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מַלְכָּם appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Kings

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 8:9BSB

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1 Kings 11:5BSB

Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:33BSB

For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

2 Kings 23:13BSB