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1. (n.) Moloch
a deity who was propitiated by the sacrificial burning of children. II Kings 23:10, Jer. 32:35.
2. Moloch
(l.c.) a spiny lizard, Moloch horridus, of Australian deserts.
Etymology: (< LL < Gk Móloch < Heb Mōlekh, alter. of melekh king)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Moloch
a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice
"the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas
2. (noun) Moloch, Molech
god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
3. (noun) moloch
any lizard of the genus Moloch
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1. (noun) moloch
the fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively
2. (noun) moloch
a spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. moloch
or Molech, the chief god of the Ammonites, the worship of whom, which prevailed among all the Canaanites, was accompanied with cruelties, human sacrifices among others, revolting to the humane spirit of the Jewish religion; originally it appears to have been the worship of fire, through which the innocent as well as the guilty have often to pass for the achievement of the noblest enterprises, which degenerated at length into selfish sacrifices of others for interests of one's own, into the substitution of the innocent for the guilty by way of atonement to the Deity!
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