- Original: מלך - Transliteration: Molek - Phonetic: mo'-lek - Definition: Molech = king 1. the God of the ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom - Origin: from H4427 - TWOT entry: 1199h - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: From H4427 ; Molek (that is king) the chief deity of the ammonites: - Molech. Compare H4445 . Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • Molech, 8 Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 20:4; Leviticus 20:5; 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 32:35 • Moloch, 1 Amos 5:26