Mordecai
מׇרְדֳּכַיStrong’s H4782mordekhay (mor-de-khay)
Appears in 52 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mordekhay is the Hebrew word usually translated “mordecai” and “on mordecai”. It appears in 52 verses of the Old Testament.
“Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:”
Meaning
- 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
- A Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
- 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
- A Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
How it's translated
- mordecai 43
- and mordecai 7
- to mordecai 4
- for mordecai 4
- on mordecai 1
- and to mordecai 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 50
- Ezra 1
- Nehemiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 7:7Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
- Esther 2:5Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
- Esther 2:7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
- Esther 2:10Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
- Esther 2:11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
- Esther 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
Hebrew dictionary
מׇרְדֳּכַי mordekhay · Mordecai
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
מׇרְדֳּכַי mordekhay · Mordecai
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.