Moloch Synonyms

mōlŏk, mŏlək
God of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. molech

Words Related to Moloch

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. thorny devil
  2. nergal
  3. typhon
  4. marduk
  5. demigod
  6. sun god

Moloch Sentence Examples

  • There is also the Moloch horridus of South and Western Australia, covered with tubercles bearing large spines, which give it a very strange aspect.

  • Corresponding to heaven, the abode of the righteous, we have Ge-henna (originally Ge-Hinnom, the scene of the Moloch rites of human sacrifice), the place of punishment after death for apostate Jews.

  • The god who demanded these victims, and especially the burning of children, seems to have been Milk, the Molech or Moloch of the Old Testament.

  • See Moloch.

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