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Definitions of moloch in various dictionaries:
noun - a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice
noun - god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
noun - any lizard of the genus Moloch
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| A lizard (Moloch horridus) of the deserts and plains of central and southern Australia, having a head and back covered with large spiny scales. |
| a harmless spiny lizard of grotesque appearance which feeds chiefly on ants, found in arid inland Australia. |
| any lizard of the genus Moloch |
| god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children |
| a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice |
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Moloch is the biblical name of a Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice. The name of this deity is also sometimes spelled Molech, Milcom, or Malcam. * The name Moloch results from a dysphemic vocalisation in the Second Temple period of a theonym based on the root mlk, "king". There are a number of Canaanite gods with names based on this root, which became summarily associated with Moloch, including Biblical Malkam "great king" (KJV Milcom), which appears to refer to a god of the Ammonites, as well as Tyrian Melqart and others. * Rabbinical tradition depicted Moloch as a bronze statue heated with fire into which the victims were thrown. This has been associated with reports by Greco-Roman authors on the child sacrifices in Carthage to Baal Hammon, especially since archaeological excavations since the 1920s have produced evidence for child sacrifice in Carthage as well as inscriptions including the term MLK, either a theonym or a technical term associated with sacrifice. * In interpr |