what is the meaning of molech in the bible
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title: Historical background of the New Testament text: but not considered especially saintly; their abilities were seen as one more unknowable thing and not deemed a result of any ultra-strict observance of Jewish law. These men were sometimes doubted, often respected, and even (according to Géza Vermes) addressed by their followers as "lord" — but never considered "saviors" or "messiahs." The literal translation of the Hebrew word "mashiach" (messiah) is "anointed", which refers to a ritual of consecrating someone or something by putting holy anointing oil upon it. It is used throughout the Hebrew Bible in reference to a wide variety of individuals and objects; for example, a title: Jonah text: Jonah Jonah or Jonas is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE. He is the eponymous central figure of the Book of Jonah, in which he is called upon by God to travel to Nineveh and warn its residents to repent of their sins or face divine wrath. Instead, Jonah boards a ship to Tarshish. Caught in a storm, he orders the ship's crew to cast him overboard, whereupon he is swallowed by a giant fish. Three days later, after Jonah agrees to title: The Bible and violence text: history of interpretation within the Abrahamic religions and Western culture that includes justification for acts of violence as well as structural violence, and have also been used in opposition to violence. "Hamas", meaning violence or wrong, is the Hebrew Bible's primary term for violence and is first used in Genesis 6:11: "the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with "violence" (hamas)." It occurs sixty times in the Hebrew Bible, is almost always used to identify physical violence (Gen.49:5; Judges 9:24), and is used to describe human, not divine, violence. "Sometimes the word refers to extreme title: Moloch text: for a type of fire sacrifice, and that "*lĕmōlek" "as a "molk"-sacrifice" had been reinterpreted as the name of a Canaanite idol following the Deuteronomic reform under Josiah (r. 640–609 BC). According to Eissfeldt, this 7th-century reform abolished the child sacrifice that had been happening. "Moloch" has been used figuratively in English literature from John Milton's "Paradise Lost" (1667) to Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" (1955), to refer to a person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice. Biblical Hebrew מלך ("mlk") usually stands for "melek" "king" (Akkadian "malku") but when vocalized as "mōlek" in the Masoretic text, it has title: Hosea text: Hosea In the Hebrew Bible, Hosea ( or ; ; Greek , "Ōsēe"), son of Beeri, was an 8th-century BC prophet in Israel who authored the book of prophecies bearing his name. He is one of the Twelve Prophets of the Jewish Hebrew Bible, also known as the Minor Prophets of the Christian Old Testament. Hosea is often seen as a "prophet of doom", but underneath his message of destruction is a promise of restoration. The Talmud claims that he was the greatest prophet of his generation. The period of Hosea's ministry extended to some sixty years and he was