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H4782

מרדכי

מרדכי
maradakaya

Proper masculine noun · Of foreign derivation

Of foreign derivation; Mordecai, an Israelite:—Mordecai.

Outline

  1. Mordecai = "little man" or "worshipper of Mars"
    1. cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
    2. a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Usages (2/2)

Esther 10:2

And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

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Esther 10:3

For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

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