Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Molech \Mo"lech\, n. [Heb. molek king.] (Script.)
   The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were
   offered; Moloch. --Lev. xviii. 21.

Source : WordNet®

Molech
     n : god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents
         sacrificed their children [syn: {Moloch}]