BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4462
me.mu.khan — Memucan
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.1.14 § Memucan = "dignified" one of the 7 princes of Persia in the reign of Ahasuerus
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Dignified, one of the royal counsellors at the court of Ahasuerus, by whose suggestion Vashti was divorced (Esther 1:14, 16, 21).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
