Lexical Definition

‎מׇרְדְּכַי‎ Mordᵉkay (mor-dek-ah'-ee) Mordecai ^N:N-M-P
of foreign derivation

Mordecai.

• § Mordecai = "little man" or "worshipper of Mars"
• Mordecai, an Israelite

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

‎מָרְּדֳּכַי‎ (van d. H. ‎מָרְדְּכַי‎) proper name, masculine Mordecai (perhaps from n.div. Marduk (‎מְרֹרַךְ‎), Zim^{ZAW xi.161 ff.}; compare further Wild (citing Jensen)^{Comm. Est. 173 f.}); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezra 2:2; Esth 2:5 +; ‎מָרְדֳּכָ֑י‎ Esth 2:22 +; —

1. companion of Zerubbabel, according to Ezra 2:2 = Neh 7:7. ᵐ5 Μαραθχαιος, Μαρδοχαιος, etc:

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.

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