מׇרְדְּכַי

Strong’s Definition

Mordecai, an Israelite

Etymology & Derivation

of foreign derivation;

KJV Usage

Mordecai.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mordᵉkay; Pronunciation: mor-dek-ah'-ee