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Lexicon :: Strong's H4782 - mārdᵊḵay

Aa
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.
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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 - [fn]These H834 came H935 with Zerubbabel, H2216 Jeshua, H3091 Nehemiah, H5166 [fn]Seraiah, H8304 [fn]Reelaiah, H7480 Mordecai, H4782 Bilshan, H1114 [fn]Mispar, H4558 Bigvai, H902 [fn]Rehum H7348 and Baanah. H1196 The number H4557 of the men H376 of the people H5971 of Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - who came H935 with Zerubbabel, H2216 Jeshua, H3091 Nehemiah, H5166 [fn]Azariah, H5838 [fn]Raamiah, H7485 Nahamani, H5167 Mordecai, H4782 Bilshan, H1114 [fn]Mispereth, H4559 Bigvai, H902 [fn]Nehum, H5149 Baanah. H1196 The number H4557 of men H376 of the people H5971 of Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now there was at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800 a Jew H3064 whose name H8034 was Mordecai, H4782 the son H1121 of Jair, H2971 the son H1121 of Shimei, H8096 the son H1121 of Kish, H7027 a Benjamite, H376 H3228

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - He was bringing H539 up Hadassah, H1919 that is Esther, H635 his uncle’s H1730 daughter, H1323 for she had H369 no H369 father H1 or H369 mother. H517 Now the young H5291 lady H5291 was beautiful H3303 of form H8389 and [fn]face, H4758 and when her father H1 and her mother H517 died, H4194 Mordecai H4782 took H3947 her as his own daughter. H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:10 - Esther H635 did not make H5046 known H5046 her people H5971 or her kindred, H4138 for Mordecai H4782 had instructed H6680 her that she should not make H5046 them known. H5046

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11 - Every H3605 day H3117 Mordecai H4782 walked H1980 back H1980 and forth in front H6440 of the court H2691 of the harem H1004 H802 to learn H3045 how H7965 Esther H635 was and how H4100 she fared. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - Now when the turn H8447 of Esther, H635 the daughter H1323 of Abihail H32 the uncle H1730 of Mordecai H4782 who H834 had taken H3947 her as his daughter, H1323 came H5060 to go H935 in to the king, H4428 she did not request H1245 anything H1697 except H3588 H518 what H834 Hegai, H1896 the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in charge H8104 of the women, H802 [fn]advised. H559 And Esther H635 found H5375 favor H2580 in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 who saw H7200 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:19 - When the virgins H1330 were gathered H6908 together the second H8145 time, H8145 then Mordecai H4782 was sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate. H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:20 - Esther H635 had not yet made known H5046 her kindred H4138 or her people, H5971 even H834 as Mordecai H4782 had commanded H6680 her; for Esther H635 did H6213 [fn]what H3982 Mordecai H4782 told H5046 her as she had done H1961 when H834 under his care. H545

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those H1992 days, H3117 while Mordecai H4782 was sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate, H8179 Bigthan H904 and Teresh, H8657 two H8147 of the king’s H4428 officials H5631 from those who guarded H8104 the door, H5592 became H7107 angry H7107 and sought H1245 to [fn]lay H7971 hands H3027 on King H4428 Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - But the [fn]plot H1697 became known H3045 to Mordecai H4782 and he told H5046 Queen H4436 Esther, H635 and Esther H635 [fn]informed H559 the king H4428 in Mordecai’s H4782 name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - All H3605 the king’s H4428 servants H5650 who H834 were at the king’s H4428 gate H8179 bowed H3766 down H3766 [fn]and paid H7812 homage H7812 to Haman; H2001 for so H3651 the king H4428 had commanded H6680 concerning him. But Mordecai H4782 neither H3808 bowed H3766 down H3766 nor H3808 paid H7812 homage. H7812

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the king’s H4428 servants H5650 who H834 were at the king’s H4428 gate H8179 said H559 to Mordecai, H4782 “Why H4069 are you transgressing H5674 the king’s H4428 command?” H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - Now it was when they had spoken H559 daily H3117 to him and he would not listen H8085 to them, that they told H5046 Haman H2001 to see H7200 whether Mordecai’s H4782 reason H1697 would stand; H5975 for he had told H5046 them that he was a Jew. H3064

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - When Haman H2001 saw H7200 that Mordecai H4782 neither H369 bowed H3766 down H3766 nor H369 paid H7812 homage H7812 to him, Haman H2001 was filled H4390 with rage. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he [fn]disdained H959 H5869 to [fn]lay H7971 hands H3027 on Mordecai H4782 alone, H905 for they had told H5046 him who the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782 were; therefore Haman H2001 sought H1245 to destroy H8045 all H3605 the Jews, H3064 the people H5971 of Mordecai, H4782 who H834 were throughout the whole H3605 kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai H4782 learned H3045 all H3605 that had been done, H6213 [fn]he tore H7167 his clothes, H899 put H3847 on sackcloth H8242 and ashes, H665 and went H3318 out into the midst H8432 of the city H5892 and wailed H2199 loudly H1419 and bitterly. H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - Then Esther’s H635 maidens H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and told H5046 her, and the queen H4436 writhed H2342 in great H3966 anguish. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 that he might remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him, but he did not accept H6901 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther H635 summoned H7121 Hathach H2047 from the king’s H4428 eunuchs, H5631 whom H834 [fn]the king had appointed H5975 to attend H6440 her, and ordered H6680 him to go to Mordecai H4782 to learn H3045 what H4100 this H2088 was and why H4100 it was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:6 - So Hathach H2047 went H3318 out to Mordecai H4782 to the city H5892 square H7339 in front H6440 of the king’s H4428 gate. H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - Mordecai H4782 told H5046 him all H3605 that had happened H7136 to him, and the exact H6575 amount H6575 of money H3701 that Haman H2001 had promised H559 to pay H8254 to the king’s H4428 treasuries H1595 for the destruction H6 of the Jews. H3064

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:9 - Hathach H2047 came H935 back and related H5046 Mordecai’s H4782 words H1697 to Esther. H635

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:10 - Then Esther H635 spoke H559 to Hathach H2047 and ordered H6680 him to reply to Mordecai: H4782

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:12 - They related H5046 Esther’s H635 words H1697 to Mordecai. H4782

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - Then Mordecai H4782 told H559 them to reply H7725 to Esther, H635 “Do not imagine H1819 that you in the king’s H4428 palace H1004 can escape H4422 any more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 the Jews. H3064

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:15 - Then Esther H635 told H559 them to reply H7725 to Mordecai, H4782

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:17 - So Mordecai H4782 went H5674 away H5674 and did H6213 just H3605 H834 as Esther H635 had commanded H6680 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Then Haman H2001 went H3318 out that day H3117 glad H8056 and pleased H2896 of heart; H3820 but when Haman H2001 saw H7200 Mordecai H4782 in the king’s H4428 gate H8179 and that he did not stand H6965 up or [fn]tremble H2111 before H4480 him, Haman H2001 was filled H4390 with anger H2534 against H5921 Mordecai. H4782

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - “Yet all H3605 of this H2088 [fn]does not satisfy H7737 me every H3605 time H6256 I see H7200 Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate.” H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 and all H3605 his friends H157 said H559 to him, “Have a [fn]gallows H6086 fifty H2572 cubits H520 high H1364 made H6213 and in the morning H1242 ask H559 the king H4428 to have Mordecai H4782 hanged H8518 on it; then go H935 joyfully H8056 with the king H4428 to the banquet.” H4960 And the [fn]advice H1697 pleased H3190 Haman, H2001 so he had the gallows H6086 made. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - It was found H4672 written H3789 what H834 Mordecai H4782 had reported H5046 concerning H5921 Bigthana H904 and Teresh, H8657 two H8147 of the king’s H4428 eunuchs H5631 who were doorkeepers, H8104 H5592 that they had sought H1245 to lay H7971 hands H3027 on King H4428 Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:3 - The king H4428 said, H559 “What H4100 honor H3366 or dignity H1420 has been bestowed H6213 on Mordecai H4782 for this?” H2088 Then the king’s H4428 servants H5288 who attended H8334 him said, H559 “Nothing H3808 H1697 has been done H6213 for him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - So the king H4428 said, H559 “Who H4310 is in the court?” H2691 Now Haman H2001 had just entered H935 the outer H2435 court H2691 of the king’s H4428 palace H1004 in order to speak H559 to the king H4428 about hanging H8518 Mordecai H4782 on the gallows H6086 which H834 he had prepared H3559 for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - Then the king H4428 said H559 to Haman, H2001 “Take H3947 quickly H4116 the robes H3830 and the horse H5483 as you have said, H1696 and do H6213 so H3651 for Mordecai H4782 the Jew, H3064 who is sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate; H8179 do not fall H5307 short in anything H1697 of all H3605 that you have said.” H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman H2001 took H3947 the robe H3830 and the horse, H5483 and arrayed H3847 Mordecai, H4782 and led H7392 him on horseback through the city H5892 square, H7339 and proclaimed H7121 before H6440 him, “Thus H3602 it shall be done H6213 to the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 desires H2654 to honor.” H3366

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12 - Then Mordecai H4782 returned H7725 to the king’s H4428 gate. H8179 But Haman H2001 hurried H1765 home, H1004 mourning, H57 with his head H7218 covered. H2645

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - Haman H2001 recounted H5608 to Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 and all H3605 his friends H157 everything H3605 that had happened H7136 to him. Then his wise H2450 men H2450 and Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 said H559 to him, “If H518 Mordecai, H4782 before H6440 whom H834 you have begun H2490 to fall, H5307 is [fn]of Jewish H3064 origin, H2233 you will not overcome H3201 him, but will surely H5307 fall H5307 before H6440 him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah, H2726 one H259 of the eunuchs H5631 who were before H6440 the king H4428 said, H559 “Behold H2009 indeed, H1571 the gallows H6086 standing H5975 at Haman’s H2001 house H1004 fifty H2572 cubits H520 high, H1364 which H834 Haman H2001 made H6213 for Mordecai H4782 who H834 spoke H1696 good H2896 on behalf H5921 of the king!” H4428 And the king H4428 said, H559 “Hang H8518 him on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they hanged H8518 Haman H2001 on the [fn]gallows H6086 which H834 he had prepared H3559 for Mordecai, H4782 and the king’s H4428 anger H2534 subsided. H7918

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that day H3117 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 gave H5414 the house H1004 of Haman, H2001 the enemy H6887 of the Jews, H3064 to Queen H4436 Esther; H635 and Mordecai H4782 came H935 before H6440 the king, H4428 for Esther H635 had disclosed H5046 what H4100 he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - The king H4428 took H5493 off H5493 his signet H2885 ring H2885 which H834 he had taken H5674 away H5674 from Haman, H2001 and gave H5414 it to Mordecai. H4782 And Esther H635 set H7760 Mordecai H4782 over H5921 the house H1004 of Haman. H2001

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - So King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 said H559 to Queen H4436 Esther H635 and to Mordecai H4782 the Jew, H3064 “Behold, H2009 I have given H5414 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 to Esther, H635 and him they have hanged H8518 on the gallows H6086 because H5921 H834 he had stretched H7971 out his hands H3027 against the Jews. H3064

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were called H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan), H5510 on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 according to all H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 to the Jews, H3064 the satraps, H323 the governors H6346 and the princes H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Ethiopia, H3568 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces, H4082 to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script, H3791 and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956 as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their language. H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 - Then Mordecai H4782 went H3318 out from the presence H6440 of the king H4428 in royal H4438 robes H3830 of [fn]blue H8504 and white, H2353 with a large H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091 and a garment H8509 of fine H948 linen H948 and purple; H713 and the city H5892 of Susa H7800 shouted H6670 and rejoiced. H8055

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - Even all H3605 the princes H8269 of the provinces, H4082 the satraps, H323 the governors H6346 and those who were doing H6213 the king’s H4428 business H4399 [fn]assisted H5375 the Jews, H3064 because H3588 the dread H6343 of Mordecai H4782 had fallen H5307 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4 - Indeed, H3588 Mordecai H4782 was great H1419 in the king’s H4428 house, H1004 and his fame H8089 spread H1980 throughout all H3605 the provinces; H4082 for the man H376 Mordecai H4782 became H1980 greater H1980 and greater. H1419

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - Then Mordecai H4782 recorded H3789 these H428 events, H1697 and he sent H7971 letters H5612 to all H3605 the Jews H3064 who H834 were in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 both near H7138 and far, H7350

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 - Thus the Jews H3064 undertook H6901 what H834 they had started H2490 to do, H6213 and what H834 Mordecai H4782 had written H3789 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Queen H4436 Esther, H635 daughter H1323 of Abihail, H32 with Mordecai H4782 the Jew, H3064 wrote H3789 with full H3605 authority H8633 to confirm H6965 this H2088 second H8145 letter H107 about Purim. H6332

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - to establish H6965 these H428 days H3117 of Purim H6332 at their appointed H2163 times, H2165 just H834 as Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 and Queen H4436 Esther H635 had established H6965 for them, and just H834 as they had established H6965 for themselves H5315 and for their [fn]descendants H2233 with [fn]instructions H1697 for their times H6685 of fasting H6685 and their lamentations. H2201

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