Mord@kay

mor-dek-ah'-ee
Parts of Speech Proper Name Masculine

Mord@kay Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 59
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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
ykdrm
Origin
of foreign derivation
Strong's Number
4782
TDNT Entry
None

NAS Word Usage

Mordecai
56
Mordecai's
3
Total
59

NAS Verse Count

Total
52

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Mord@kay". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .