| Strong#: | 4782 // ykdrm Mord@kay |
| Orig: | n pr m // of foreign derivation |
| NASB: | ==>Mordecai(56), Mordecai's(3). |
| AV=60 | ==>Mordecai 60 |
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| 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
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| NASB: | a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther |
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