STRONGS NUMBER H4445


Word Summary
Malkam: a Benjamite
Original Word: מַלְכָּם
Transliteration: Malkam
Phonetic Spelling: (mal-kawm')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a Benjamite
Meaning: Malcham -- a Benjamite
Strong's Concordance
Malcham, Milcom

Or Milkowm {mil-kome'}; from melek for Molek; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites -- Malcham, Milcom.

see HEBREW melek

see HEBREW Molek

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4445. Malkam

מַלְכָּםproper name, masculine a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:9. ᵐ5‎ B Μελχας, A Μελχαμ, ᵐ5L Μελχομ. On Jeremiah 49:1, 3; Zephaniah 1:5 see מִלְכֹּם‎.

מִלְכֹּםproper name, of a divinity Milcom, god of Ammonites (compare RSSemitic i. 67) — ׳מ עַמֹּנִים שִׁקֻּץ1 Kings 11:5 ("" עַשְׁתֹּרֶת‎); compare ׳מ עַמּוֺן בְנֵי אֱלֹהֵי11:33 ("" ׳ע‎ + כְּמוֺשׁ‎), so read also (for מֹלֶךְ ᵑ0‎) 11:7 ("" כְּמוֺשׁ‎); בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן ׳מ תּוֺעֲבַת2 Kings 23:13 ("" as 1 Kings 11:33); read מִלְכֹּם‎ also for מַלְכָּםJeremiah 49:1, 3(ᵐ5Μελχολ, Μελχομ), compare Gie, and Zephaniah 1:5 (ᵑ9 ᵑ6‎, compare Now), probably 2 Samuel 12:30 = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (see מֶלֶךְ5d), and perhaps Amos 1:15 (whence Jeremiah 49:3; compare Dr Now; — not We GASm).