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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)

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.

This is the number H4557 of the men H376 of the people H5971 of Israel H3478:

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, and Baanah H1196.

The number H4557 of men H376 of the people H5971 of Israel H3478:

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 -

There was a Jew H3064 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800 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 Benjaminite H376 H3228,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - He was the guardian H539 to 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 woman 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:10 - Esther H635 did not reveal H5046 her people H5971 or her kindred H4138, because H3588 Mordecai H4782 had instructed H6680 her that she was not to reveal H5046 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11 - And every H3605 day H3117 Mordecai H4782 walked H1980 back H1980 and H1980 forth H1980 in front H6440 of the courtyard H2691 of the harem H1004 H802 to learn H3045 how H7965 Esther H635 was and what H4100 was happening H6213 to her.
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 H935 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 H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802, [fn]advised H559. And Esther H635 was finding H5375 favor H2580 in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 who saw H7200 her.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:19 -

Now when the virgins H1330 were gathered H6908 together for the second H8145 time H8145, then Mordecai H4782 was sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate H8179.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:20 - Esther H635 still had not revealed H5046 her relatives H4138 or her people H5971, just H834 as H834 Mordecai H4782 had instructed H6680 her; for Esther H635 did H6213 [fn]what H3982 Mordecai H4782 told H5046 her just H834 as H834 she had H1961 when H834 under his care H545.
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]attack H7971 H3027 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - But the [fn]plot H1697 became known H3045 to Mordecai H4782 and he informed H5046 Queen H4436 Esther H635, and Esther H635 told H559 the king H4428 in Mordecai’s H4782 name H8034.
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 and paid H2331 [fn]homage H2331 to Haman H2001; for so H3651 the king H4428 had commanded H6680 regarding him. But Mordecai H4782 neither H3808 bowed H3766 down H3766 nor H3808 paid H2331 [fn]homage H2331.
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 violating H5674 the king’s H4428 command H4687?”
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 [fn]stand H5975; for he had told H5046 them that he was a Jew H3064.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - When Haman H2001 saw H7200 that Mordecai H4782 neither H369 bowed H3766 down H3766 nor H369 paid H2331 [fn]homage H2331 to him, Haman H2001 was filled H4390 with rage H2534.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he [fn]considered H959 H5869 it beneath H959 H5869 his dignity H959 H5869 to [fn]kill H7971 H3027 Mordecai H4782 alone H905, for they had told H5046 him who the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782 were; so Haman H2001 sought H1245 to annihilate H8045 all H3605 the Jews H3064, the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782, who H834 were found throughout H3605 the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus H325.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 -

When Mordecai H4782 learned H3045 of everything H3605 that had been done H6213, [fn]he tore H7167 his clothes H899, put H3847 on H3847 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665, and went H3318 out H3318 into the midst H8432 of the city H5892 and wailed H2199 H2201 loudly H1419 and bitterly H4751.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 -

Then Esther’s H635 attendants H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and informed H5046 her, and the queen H4436 was seized H2342 by H2342 great H3966 fear H2342. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 so that he would remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him, but he did not accept H6901 them.

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 mourning was and why H4100 it was happening.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:6 - So Hathach H2047 went H3318 out H3318 to Mordecai H4782 in the city H5892 square H7339, in front H6440 of the king’s H4428 gate H8179.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - Mordecai H4782 told H5046 him everything 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 elimination H6 of the Jews H3064.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:9 -

So Hathach H2047 came H935 back and reported H5046 Mordecai’s H4782 words H1697 to Esther H635.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:10 - Then Esther H635 spoke H559 to Hathach H2047 and ordered H6680 him to reply to Mordecai H4782:
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:12 - And they reported H5046 Esther’s H635 words H1697 to Mordecai H4782.
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 other Jews H3064.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:15 - Then Esther H635 told H559 them to reply H7725 to Mordecai H4782,
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 -

Then Haman H2001 went H3318 out H3318 that day H3117 joyful H8056 and pleased H2896 of heart H3820; but when Haman H2001 saw H7200 Mordecai H4782 at the king’s H4428 gate H8179 and that he did not stand H6965 up H6965 or tremble H2111 before H4480 him, Haman H2001 was filled H4390 with anger H2534 against H5921 Mordecai H4782.

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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 and all H3605 his friends H157 said H559 to him, “Have a wooden H6086 gallows [fn]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 wooden H6086 gallows made H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found H4672 written H3789 what H834 Mordecai H4782 had reported H5046 about 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 [fn]attack H7971 H3027 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:3 - Then the king H4428 said H559, “What H4100 honor H3366 or dignity H1420 has been bestowed H6213 on Mordecai H4782 for this H2088?” And the king’s H4428 servants H5288 who attended H8334 him said H559, “Nothing H3808 H1697 has been done H6213 for him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - So the king H4428 said H559, “Who H4310 is in the courtyard H2691?” Now Haman H2001 had just entered H935 the outer H2435 courtyard H2691 of the king’s H4428 palace H1004 in order to speak H559 to the king H4428 about hanging H8518 Mordecai H4782 on the wooden H6086 gallows which H834 he had prepared H3559 for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 -

Then the king H4428 said H559 to Haman H2001, “Quickly H4116, take H3947 the robe H3830 and the horse H5483 just H834 as H834 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 fail H5307 to H5307 do H5307 anything H1697 of all H3605 that you have said H1696.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman H2001 took H3947 the robe H3830 and the horse H5483, and dressed H3847 Mordecai H4782, and led H7392 him on horseback through the city H5892 square H7339, and proclaimed H7121 before H6440 him, “So H3602 it shall be done H6213 for the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 desires H2654 to honor H3366.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12 -

Then Mordecai H4782 returned H7725 to the king’s H4428 gate H8179, while Haman H2001 hurried H1765 home H1004, mourning H57, with his head H7218 covered H2645.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Haman H2001 informed H5608 Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 and all H3605 his friends H157 of 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 prevail H3201 over him, but will certainly H5307 fall H5307 before H6440 him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah H2726, one H259 of the eunuchs H5631 who stood before H6440 the king H4428, said H559, “Indeed H1571, behold H2009, the wooden H6086 gallows standing H5975 at Haman’s H2001 house H1004 [fn]fifty H2572 cubits H520 high H1364, which H834 Haman H2001 made H6213 for Mordecai H4782 who H834 spoke H1696 good H2896 in H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 the king H4428!” And the king H4428 said H559, “Hang H8518 him on it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they hanged H8518 Haman H2001 on the wooden H6086 gallows which H834 he had prepared H3559 for Mordecai H4782, and the king’s H4428 anger H2534 subsided H7918.
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, because H3588 Esther H635 had disclosed H5046 what H4100 he was to her.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - Then 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.
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 they have hanged H8518 him on the wooden H6086 gallows because H5921 H834 he had reached H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027 against the Jews H3064.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 -

So the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned 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 in accordance with everything H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Cush 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 -

Then Mordecai H4782 went H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of the king H4428 in a royal H4438 robe H3830 of violet 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - Even all H3605 the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and those who were doing H6213 the king’s H4428 business H4399 were supporting H5375 the Jews H3064, because H3588 the dread H6343 of Mordecai H4782 had fallen H5307 on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4 - For Mordecai H4782 was great H1419 in the king’s H4428 house H1004, and the news H8089 about him spread H1980 throughout H3605 the provinces H4082; for the man H376 Mordecai H4782 became H1980 greater H1980 and greater H1419.
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,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 -

So the Jews H3064 undertook H6901 what H834 they had started H2490 to do H6213, and what H834 Mordecai H4782 had written H3789 to them.

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.

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

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