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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 - Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah,[fn] Reelaiah,[fn] Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar,[fn] Bigvai, Rehum,[fn] and Baanah. This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - At that time there was a Jewish man in the fortress of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair. He was from the tribe of Benjamin and was a descendant of Kish and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - This man had a very beautiful and lovely young cousin, Hadassah, who was also called Esther. When her father and mother died, Mordecai adopted her into his family and raised her as his own daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:10 - Esther had not told anyone of her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had directed her not to do so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11 - Every day Mordecai would take a walk near the courtyard of the harem to find out about Esther and what was happening to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - Esther was the daughter of Abihail, who was Mordecai’s uncle. (Mordecai had adopted his younger cousin Esther.) When it was Esther’s turn to go to the king, she accepted the advice of Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem. She asked for nothing except what he suggested, and she was admired by everyone who saw her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:19 - Even after all the young women had been transferred to the second harem[fn] and Mordecai had become a palace official,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:20 - Esther continued to keep her family background and nationality a secret. She was still following Mordecai’s directions, just as she did when she lived in his home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - One day as Mordecai was on duty at the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthana[fn] and Teresh—who were guards at the door of the king’s private quarters—became angry at King Xerxes and plotted to assassinate him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - But Mordecai heard about the plot and gave the information to Queen Esther. She then told the king about it and gave Mordecai credit for the report.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - All the king’s officials would bow down before Haman to show him respect whenever he passed by, for so the king had commanded. But Mordecai refused to bow down or show him respect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the palace officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s command?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - They spoke to him day after day, but still he refused to comply with the order. So they spoke to Haman about this to see if he would tolerate Mordecai’s conduct, since Mordecai had told them he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or show him respect, he was filled with rage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - He had learned of Mordecai’s nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he looked for a way to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire empire of Xerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai learned about all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on burlap and ashes, and went out into the city, crying with a loud and bitter wail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - When Queen Esther’s maids and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, she was deeply distressed. She sent clothing to him to replace the burlap, but he refused it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs who had been appointed as her attendant. She ordered him to go to Mordecai and find out what was troubling him and why he was in mourning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:6 - So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the square in front of the palace gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - Mordecai told him the whole story, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:9 - So Hathach returned to Esther with Mordecai’s message.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:10 - Then Esther told Hathach to go back and relay this message to Mordecai:

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:12 - So Hathach[fn] gave Esther’s message to Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:15 - Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:17 - So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Haman was a happy man as he left the banquet! But when he saw Mordecai sitting at the palace gate, not standing up or trembling nervously before him, Haman became furious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - Then he added, “But this is all worth nothing as long as I see Mordecai the Jew just sitting there at the palace gate.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - So Haman’s wife, Zeresh, and all his friends suggested, “Set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet[fn] tall, and in the morning ask the king to impale Mordecai on it. When this is done, you can go on your merry way to the banquet with the king.” This pleased Haman, and he ordered the pole set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the door to the king’s private quarters. They had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:3 - “What reward or recognition did we ever give Mordecai for this?” the king asked.
His attendants replied, “Nothing has been done for him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - “Who is that in the outer court?” the king inquired. As it happened, Haman had just arrived in the outer court of the palace to ask the king to impale Mordecai on the pole he had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - “Excellent!” the king said to Haman. “Quick! Take the robes and my horse, and do just as you have said for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the gate of the palace. Leave out nothing you have suggested!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman took the robes and put them on Mordecai, placed him on the king’s own horse, and led him through the city square, shouting, “This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12 - Afterward Mordecai returned to the palace gate, but Haman hurried home dejected and completely humiliated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - When Haman told his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends what had happened, his wise advisers and his wife said, “Since Mordecai—this man who has humiliated you—is of Jewish birth, you will never succeed in your plans against him. It will be fatal to continue opposing him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbona, one of the king’s eunuchs, said, “Haman has set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet[fn] tall in his own courtyard. He intended to use it to impale Mordecai, the man who saved the king from assassination.”
“Then impale Haman on it!” the king ordered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that same day King Xerxes gave the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Then Mordecai was brought before the king, for Esther had told the king how they were related.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - The king took off his signet ring—which he had taken back from Haman—and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai to be in charge of Haman’s property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - Then King Xerxes said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “I have given Esther the property of Haman, and he has been impaled on a pole because he tried to destroy the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So on June 25[fn] the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Mordecai dictated. It was sent to the Jews and to the highest officers, the governors, and the nobles of all the 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[fn] The decree was written in the scripts and languages of all the peoples of the empire, including that of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 - Then Mordecai left the king’s presence, wearing the royal robe of blue and white, the great crown of gold, and an outer cloak of fine linen and purple. And the people of Susa celebrated the new decree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - And all the nobles of the provinces, the highest officers, the governors, and the royal officials helped the Jews for fear of Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4 - For Mordecai had been promoted in the king’s palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to the Jews near and far, throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 - So the Jews accepted Mordecai’s proposal and adopted this annual custom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote another letter putting the queen’s full authority behind Mordecai’s letter to establish the Festival of Purim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - These letters established the Festival of Purim—an annual celebration of these days at the appointed time, decreed by both Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther. (The people decided to observe this festival, just as they had decided for themselves and their descendants to establish the times of fasting and mourning.)

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