A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2 § 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
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H4782 — מׇרְדֳּכַי
mor.de.khay · Mordecai · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Ezra 2:2 · מָרְדֳּכַ֥יwho came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah.The number of the men of the people of Israel:Nehemiah 7:7 · מָרְדֳּכַ֥יwho came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.The number of the men of the people of Israel:Esther 2:5 · מָרְדֳּכַ֗יThere was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,Esther 2:7 · מָרְדֳּכַ֛יAnd he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.Esther 2:10 · מָרְדֳּכַ֛יEsther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.Esther 2:11 · מָרְדֳּכַי֙And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.Esther 2:15 · מָרְדֳּכַ֡יNow when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.Esther 2:19 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.Esther 2:20 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑י · מָרְדֳּכַי֙Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.Esther 2:21 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יIn those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.Esther 2:22 · לְמָרְדֳּכַ֔י · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃And the thing became known to Mordecai, who showed it unto Esther the queen; and Esther told the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.Esther 3:2 · וּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יAnd all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence.Esther 3:3 · לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יThen the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?Esther 3:4 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יNow it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.Esther 3:5 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יAnd when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.Esther 3:6 · בְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣י · מָרְדֳּכָ֑י · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.Esther 4:1 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י · מָרְדֳּכַי֙Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;Esther 4:4 · מָרְדֳּכַ֗יAnd Esther’s maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he received it not.Esther 4:5 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑יThen called Esther for Hathach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.Esther 4:6 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑יSo Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king’s gate.Esther 4:7 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יAnd Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.Esther 4:9 · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.Esther 4:10 · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃Then Esther spake unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai saying:Esther 4:12 · לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔יAnd they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.Esther 4:13 · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יThen Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.Esther 4:15 · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,Esther 4:17 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑יSo Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.Esther 5:9 · מָרְדֳּכַ֜י · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יThen went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.Esther 5:13 · מָרְדֳּכַ֣יYet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.Esther 5:14 · מָרְדֳּכַי֙Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.Esther 6:2 · מָרְדֳּכַ֜יAnd it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, of those that kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.Esther 6:3 · לְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd the king said, What honor and dignity hath been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.Esther 6:4 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יAnd the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.Esther 6:10 · לְמָרְדֳּכַ֣יThen the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.Esther 6:11 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑יThen took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.Esther 6:12 · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.Esther 6:13 · מָרְדֳּכַ֞יAnd Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.Esther 7:9 · לְֽמָרְדֳּכַ֞יThen said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.Esther 7:10 · לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.Esther 8:1 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗יOn that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.Esther 8:2 · לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.Esther 8:7 · וּֽלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יThen the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.Esther 8:9 · מָרְדֳּכַ֣יThen were the king’s scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.Esther 8:15 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֞יAnd Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.Esther 9:3 · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king’s business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them.Esther 9:4 · מָרְדֳּכַי֙ · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יFor Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.Esther 9:20 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יAnd Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,Esther 9:23 · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;Esther 9:29 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֥יThen Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.Esther 9:31 · מָרְדֳּכַ֤יto confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.Esther 10:2 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יAnd all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?Esther 10:3 · מָרְדֳּכַ֣יFor Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.