Engelsk navneord: Moloch | |||
1. | Moloch (om person) a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The great Moloch of war. Duty has become the Moloch of modern life. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | force, power | ||
2. | Moloch (om person) god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Molech | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | Semitic deity | ||
3. | moloch (om dyr) any lizard of the genus Moloch | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | agamid, agamid lizard | ||
Mere specifikke termer | Moloch horridus, mountain devil, spiny lizard | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede termer | genus Moloch | ||