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Lexicon :: Strong's H4782 - mārdᵊḵay

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מָרְדְּכַי
Transliteration
mārdᵊḵay
Pronunciation
mor-dek-ah'-ee
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

מׇרְדְּכַי Mordᵉkay, mor-dek-ah'-ee; of foreign derivation; Mordecai, an Israelite:—Mordecai.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's H4782 in the following manner: Mordecai (60x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's H4782 in the following manner: Mordecai (60x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מׇרְדְּכַי Mordᵉkay, mor-dek-ah'-ee; of foreign derivation; Mordecai, an Israelite:—Mordecai.
STRONGS H4782: Abbreviations
† 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; Esther 2:5 +; מָרְדֳּכָ֑י Esther 2:22 +; —
1. companion of Zerubbabel, according to Ezra 2:2 = Nehemiah 7:7. Greek Version of the LXX Μαραθχαιος, Μαρδοχαιος, etc:
2. cousin and adoptive father of Esther Esther 2:5, 7, 10 + 55 times Esther. Greek Version of the LXX Μαρδοχαιος.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

2:2; 2:2

Nehemiah

7:7

Esther

2:5; 2:5; 2:7; 2:10; 2:22

H4782

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4782 matches the Hebrew מָרְדְּכַי (mārdᵊḵay),
which occurs 60 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Ezr 2:2–Est 9:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2 - who came with Zorobabel: Jesus, Neemias, Saraias, Reelias, Mardochæus, Balasan, Masphar, Baguai, Reum, Baana. The number of the people of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - with Zorobabel, and Jesus, and Neemia, Azaria, and Reelma, Naemani, Mardochaeus, Balsan, Maspharath, Esdra, Boguia, Inaum, Baana, Masphar, men of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochæus, the son of Jairus, the son of Semeias, the son of Cisæus, of the tribe of Benjamin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - And he had a foster-child, daughter of Aminadab his father's brother, and her name was Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:10 - But Esther discovered not her family nor her kindred: for Mardochæus had charged her not to tell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11 - But Mardochæus used to walk every day by the women's court, to see what would become of Esther.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mardochæus' father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women's keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:19 - But Mardochæus served in the palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:20 - Now Esther had not discovered her kindred; for so Mardochæus commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him: and Esther changed not her manner of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - And two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, because Mardochæus was promoted; and they sought to kill king Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - And the matter was discovered to Mardochæus, and he made it known to Esther, and she declared to the king the matter of the conspiracy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochæus did not do him obeisance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - And they in the king's palace said to Mardochæus, Mardochæus, why dost thou transgress the commands of the king?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - Thus they spoke daily to him, but he hearkened not unto them; so they represented to Aman that Mardochæus resisted the commands of the king: and Mardochæus had shewn to them that he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - And when Aman understood that Mardochæus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - But Mardochæus having perceived what was done, rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - And the queen's maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mardochæus, and take away his sackcloth; but he consented not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - So Esther called for her chamberlain Achrathæus, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mardochæus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - And Mardochæus shewed him what was done, and the promise which Aman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:9 - So Achrathæus went in and told her all these words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:10 - And Esther said to Achrathæus, Go to Mardochæus, and say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:12 - And Achrathæus reported to Mardochæus all the words of Esther.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - Then Mardochæus said to Achrathæus, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to thyself that thou alone wilt escape in the kingdom, more than all the other Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:15 - And Esther sent the man that came to her to Mardochæus, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:17 - So Mardochæus went and did all that Esther commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - So Aman went out from the king very glad and merry: but when Aman saw Mardochæus the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - But these things please me not, while I see Mardochæus the Jew in the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for thee of fifty cubits, and in the morning do thou speak to the king, and let Mardochæus be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And he found the records written concerning Mardochæus, how he had told the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:3 - And the king said, What honour or favour have we done to Mardochæus? And the king's servants said, Thou hast not done anything to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochæus, behold, Aman was in the court. And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochæus on the gallows, which he had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - Then the king said to Aman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mardochæus the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast spoken be neglected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochæus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12 - And Mardochæus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife, and to his friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If Mardochæus be of the race of the Jews, and thou hast begun to be humbled before him, thou wilt assuredly fall, and thou wilt not be able to withstand him, for the living God is with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Aman has also prepared a gallows for Mardochæus, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Aman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochæus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer: and Mardochæus was called by the king; for Esther had shewn that he was related to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - And the king took the ring which he had taken away from Aman, and gave it to Mardochæus: and Esther appointed Mardochæus over all that had been Aman's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - And the king said to Esther, If I have given and freely granted thee all that was Aman's, and hanged him on a gallows, because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what dost thou yet further seek?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 - And Mardochæus went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw it and rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honoured the Jews; for the fear of Mardochæus lay upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4 - For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - And Mardochæus wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 - And the Jews consented to this accordingly as Mardochæus wrote to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - And queen Esther, the daughter of Aminadab, and Mardochæus the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Phruræ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - And Mardochæus and Esther the queen appointed a fast for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health.

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