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Mordecai

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Mordecai (môr'de-kâí), little man. A Jew in the Persian court who caused the deliverance of the Jews from the destruction plotted by Haman. This led to the institution of the feast of Purim. See Esther.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Mordecai'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​m/mordecai.html. 1893.
 
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