מׇרְדֳּכַי
mor.de.khay
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2
§ 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
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.5;
son of: Jair (H2971J)
§ 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
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 52 verses
- Esther 10:2 מָרְדֳּכַ֔י
And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
- Esther 10:3 מָרְדֳּכַ֣י
For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
