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Strong's #4782 - מָרְדֳּכַי

Transliteration

Mordᵉkay

Phonetics

mor-dek-ah'ee

Origin

of foreign derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' 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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (58)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 56

BSB (60)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 58

CSB (60)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 58

ESV (60)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 58

KJV (60)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 58

LEB (59)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 57

LSB (59)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 57

N95 (59)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 57

NAS (59)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 57

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (60)

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 58

ASV (58)

according as mordecai 1

according to all that mordecai 1

against mordecai 1

and as mordecai 1

and mordecai 7

and to mordecai 1

answer unto mordecai 1

as mordecai 1

concerning him. but mordecai 1

even so to mordecai 1

for mordecai 5

him to go to mordecai 1

it unto mordecai 1

mordecai 11

now when mordecai 1

of mordecai 7

on mordecai 2

so mordecai 1

that mordecai 3

then mordecai 2

to mordecai 3

unto him, if mordecai 1

unto mordecai 1

was mordecai 1

whether mordecai's 1

while mordecai 1

BSB (60)

along with mordecai 1

and mordecai 3

but mordecai 1

for mordecai 3

from whom mordecai 1

he 3

him 1

mordecai 26

mordecai''s 3

of mordecai 1

of mordecai''s 3

on mordecai 2

on mordecai''s behalf 1

so mordecai 1

tell mordecai 1

then mordecai 1

to have mordecai 1

to mordecai 3

when mordecai 2

whether mordecai''s 1

while mordecai 1

CSB (60)

he 2

him 1

mordecai 50

mordecai's 7

ESV (60)

mordecai 59

mordecai's 1

KJV (60)

mordecai 58

mordecai's 2

LEB (59)

and he 1

and mordecai 4

and to mordecai 1

but mordecai 1

for mordecai 2

it to mordecai 1

modecai 2

mordecai 33

mordecai at the 1

mordecai was high 1

mordecai⌋ 1

on mordecai 1

s 2

then mordecai 2

to mordecai 4

was mordecai 1

what mordecai 1

LSB (59)

mordecai 56

mordecai's 3

N95 (59)

mordecai 56

mordecai's 3

NAS (59)

mordecai 56

mordecai's 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (60)

according to all that mordecai 1

against mordecai 1

and mordecai 1

and to mordecai 1

as mordecai 3

because mordecai 1

for mordecai 4

him to go to mordecai 1

it to mordecai 1

mordecai 20

now when mordecai 1

of mordecai 4

on mordecai 2

so mordecai 1

that mordecai 2

then mordecai 1

this for mordecai 1

to mordecai 6

was mordecai 1

while mordecai 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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

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

2 cousin and adoptive father of Esther Esther 2:5,7,10 55t. Esther. ᵐ5 Μαρδοχαιος.

מֻרְדָּף see רדף, רדה.

List of Word Forms

בְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣י במרדכי וּֽלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖י וּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔י וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖י וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י וּמָרְדֳּכַ֞י וּמָרְדֳּכַ֥י ולמרדכי ומרדכי לְֽמָרְדֳּכַ֞י לְמָרְדֳּכַ֔י לְמָרְדֳּכַ֖י לְמָרְדֳּכַ֣י לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔י למרדכי מָרְדֳּכַ֔י מָרְדֳּכַ֖י מָרְדֳּכַ֗י מָרְדֳּכַ֛י מָרְדֳּכַ֜י מָרְדֳּכַ֞י מָרְדֳּכַ֡י מָרְדֳּכַ֣י מָרְדֳּכַ֤י מָרְדֳּכַ֥י מָרְדֳּכַי֙ מָרְדֳּכָ֑י מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ מרדכי מרדכי׃ bə·mā·rə·do·ḵay bemaredoChai bəmārədoḵay lə·mā·rə·do·ḵay lə·mā·rə·do·ḵāy lemaredoChai ləmārədoḵay ləmārədoḵāy mā·rə·do·ḵay mā·rə·do·ḵāy maredoChai mārədoḵay mārədoḵāy ū·lə·mā·rə·do·ḵay ū·mā·rə·do·ḵay ulemaredoChai ūləmārədoḵay umaredoChai ūmārədoḵay