This is the name of Molech: Canaanite deity associated with child sacrifice.
Definition
Μολόχ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. מֶלֶךְ, prop. מֶלֶךְ King, but vocalized to read בֺּשֶׁת, shame, of. Βάαλ, and see DB, iii, 415 f.),
Moloch, the god of the Ammonites : Acts 7:43 (LXX).
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- Acts 7:43Μολὸχ · of MolechYou have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’