H4782H
מׇרְדֳּכַי
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
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
מָרְּדֳּכַי (van d. H. מָרְדְּכַי) proper name, masculine Mordecai (perhaps from n.div. Marduk (מְרֹרַךְ), ZimZAW xi.161 ff.; compare further Wild (citing Jensen)Comm. Est. 173 f.); — ׳מ Ezra 2:2; Esth 2:5 +; מָרְדֳּכָ֑י Esth 2:22 +; —
2. cousin and adoptive father of Esther Esth 2:5; Esth 2:7; Esth 2:10 + 55 t. Esther. ᵐ5 Μαρδοχαιος.
מֻרְדָּף see רדף, רדה.
47 occurrences
- Esther 2:5
- Esther 2:7
- Esther 2:10
- Esther 2:11
- Esther 2:15
- Esther 2:19
- Esther 2:20
- Esther 2:21
- Esther 2:22
- Esther 3:2
- Esther 3:3
- Esther 3:4
- Esther 3:5
- Esther 3:6
- Esther 4:1
- Esther 4:4
- Esther 4:5
- Esther 4:6
- Esther 4:7
- Esther 4:12
- Esther 4:13
- Esther 4:17
- Esther 5:9
- Esther 5:13
- Esther 5:14
- Esther 6:2
- Esther 6:3
- Esther 6:4
- Esther 6:10
- Esther 6:11
- Esther 6:12
- Esther 6:13
- Esther 7:9
- Esther 7:10
- Esther 8:1
- Esther 8:2
- Esther 8:7
- Esther 8:9
- Esther 8:15
- Esther 9:3
- Esther 9:4
- Esther 9:20
- Esther 9:23
- Esther 9:29
- Esther 9:31
- Esther 10:2
- Esther 10:3