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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H4782 - Mordecai

Strong's No.:H4782

Hebrew:מׇרְדְּכַי

Transliteration:Mordᵉkay

Phonetic:mor-dek-ah'-ee

Word Origin:Of foreign derivation

Bible Usage:Mordecai.

Part of Speech:Proper Name Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

{Mordecai} an Israelite


Brown Driver
Biggs 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


Bible References:
Mordecai

Translation
Occurrences:
Mordecai ( 62 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.