H4782 - מׇרְדְּכַי (Mordᵉkay)

H4782 מׇרְדְּכַי (Mordᵉkay) mor-dek-ah'-ee

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Mordecai

Biblical Persons & Places

Mordecai Esther's relative living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.5; only referred to as Mordecai (מׇרְדֳּכַי); a son of Jair.

Mordecai Man living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2; only referred to as Mordecai (מׇרְדֳּכַי).

Strong's Definition

Mordecai, an Israelite

Derivation: of foreign derivation;

KJV Usage: Mordecai.

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מָרְדְּכַּי mordekay BDB Definition: 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 Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of foreign derivation Total KJV Occurrences: 60

Bible Occurrences (52)

2:2

7:7

2:5 2:7 2:10 2:11 2:15 2:19 2:20 2:21 2:22 3:2 3:3 3:4 3:5 3:6 4:1 4:4 4:5 4:6 4:7 4:9 4:10 4:12 4:13 4:15 4:17 5:9 5:13 5:14 6:2 6:3 6:4 6:10 6:11 6:12 6:13 7:9 7:10 8:1 8:2 8:7 8:9 8:15 9:3 9:4 9:20 9:23 9:29 9:31 10:2 10:3

Ezra 2:2

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. [This is] the count of the men... of Israel:

Nehemiah 7:7

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. [This is] the count of the men... of Israel:

Esther 2:5

[Now] there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.

Esther 2:7

And [Mordecai] had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.

Esther 2:10

Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

Esther 2:11

And every day...... Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem... to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

Esther 2:15

Now Esther [was] the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn... to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except... what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem,... had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.

Esther 2:19

When the virgins were assembled a second [time], Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.