Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In the Bible, the god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom children were sacrificed.
- noun Something possessing the power to exact severe sacrifice.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Amphibolurinae. - proper noun An ancient
Ammonite deity worshiped by theCanaanites ,Phoenician and related cultures inNorth Africa and theLevant . - proper noun figuratively A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly
sacrifice .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After decades of efficacious and insidious propaganda, the Israeli Moloch is finally displaying its true colours for all the world to see.
The Spineless Huffington Post Gives ‘Equal Time’ « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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Found again, the Opus Angelorum faction send seraphim to destroy it, while the demon Moloch is plotting to other ends.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: On Earth As It Is In Hell - Brian Hodge Blue Tyson 2006
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How to transform this Moloch from a tyrannous master to a helpful, submissive friend, that was the problem which seemed to cry out for solution above all others.
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As the word Moloch (A.V. Molech) means king, it is difficult in several places of the Old Testament to determine whether it should be considered as the proper name of a deity or as a simple appellative.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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It was in this dreary solitude that the Jews immolated their children to their god, whom they then called Moloch; for we have observed, that they always bestowed a foreign name on their god.
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For example, Solomon built a temple to something called Moloch, apparently one of the naughty elder gods, and he killed his brother because “wickedness” was found inside him.
Dexter in the Dark Lindsay, Jeff 2007
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The god or idol of the Ammonites, otherwise called Moloch, and Melech: which in Hebrew signifies a king, and Melchom their king.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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The god or idol of the Ammonites, otherwise called Moloch, and Melech: which in Hebrew signifies a king, and Melchom their king.
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The motives that propelled each of the three to the altar were as diverse as their separate natures, but the sacrifice that each offered to the Moloch was the same -- their souls.
Little Lost Sister Virginia Brooks
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The god or idol of the Ammonites, otherwise called Moloch, and Melech: which in Hebrew signifies a king, and Melchom their king.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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February 12, 2014