单词 | Moloch |
释义 | Moloch /moh"lok, mol"euhk/, n. 1. a deity whose worship was marked by the propitiatory sacrifice of children by their own parents. II Kings 23:10; Jer. 32:35. 2. anything conceived of as requiring appalling sacrifice: the Moloch of war. 3. (l.c.) a spiny agamid lizard, Moloch horridus, of Australian deserts, that resembles the horned lizard. Also, Molech (for defs. 1, 2). [ < LL (Vulgate) Moloch < Gk (Septuagint) Móloch < Heb Molekh, var. of melekh king] |
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