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 have come in 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 are coming in with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. Number of the men of the people of Israel:Esther 2:5 · מָרְדֳּכַ֗יA man, a Jew, there hath been in Shushan the palace, and his name is Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite—Esther 2:7 · מָרְדֳּכַ֛יand he is supporting Hadassah—she is Esther—daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman is of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.Esther 2:10 · מָרְדֳּכַ֛יEsther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare it;Esther 2:11 · מָרְדֳּכַי֙and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.Esther 2:15 · מָרְדֳּכַ֡יAnd in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther—daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter—to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.Esther 2:19 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;Esther 2:20 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑י · מָרְדֳּכַי֙Esther is not declaring her kindred and her people, as Mordecai hath laid a charge upon her, and the saying of Mordecai Esther is doing as when she was truly with him.Esther 2:21 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יIn those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, hath Bigthan been wroth, and Teresh, (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold,) and they seek to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus,Esther 2:22 · לְמָרְדֳּכַ֔י · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃and the thing is known to Mordecai, and he declareth it to Esther the queen, and Esther speaketh to the king in the name of Mordecai,Esther 3:2 · וּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יand all servants of the king, who are in the gate of the king, are bowing and doing obeisance to Haman, for so hath the king commanded for him; and Mordecai doth not bow nor do obeisance.Esther 3:3 · לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יAnd the servants of the king, who are in the gate of the king, say to Mordecai, ‘Wherefore art thou transgressing the command of the king?’Esther 3:4 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יAnd it cometh to pass, in their speaking unto him, day by day, and he hath not hearkened unto them, that they declare it to Haman, to see whether the words of Mordecai do stand, for he hath declared to them that he is a Jew.Esther 3:5 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יAnd Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury,Esther 3:6 · בְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣י · מָרְדֳּכָ֑י · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who are in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.Esther 4:1 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י · מָרְדֳּכַי֙And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth—a cry loud and bitter,Esther 4:4 · מָרְדֳּכַ֗יAnd young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare it to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sendeth garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he hath not received them.Esther 4:5 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑יAnd Esther calleth to Hatach, of the eunuchs of the king, whom he hath stationed before her, and giveth him a charge for Mordecai, to know what this is, and wherefore this is.Esther 4:6 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑יAnd Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that is before the gate of the king,Esther 4:7 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יand Mordecai declareth to him all that hath met him, and the explanation of the money that Haman said to weigh to the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them,Esther 4:9 · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃And Hatach cometh in and declareth to Esther the words of Mordecai,Esther 4:10 · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai:Esther 4:12 · לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔יAnd they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther,Esther 4:13 · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יand Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: ‘Do not think in thy soul to be delivered in the house of the king, more than all the Jews,Esther 4:15 · מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:Esther 4:17 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑יAnd Mordecai passeth on, and doth according to all that Esther hath charged upon him.Esther 5:9 · מָרְדֳּכַ֜י · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd Haman goeth forth on that day rejoicing and glad in heart, and at Haman’s seeing Mordecai in the gate of the king, and he hath not risen nor moved for him, then is Haman full of fury against Mordecai.Esther 5:13 · מָרְדֳּכַ֣יand all this is not profitable to me, during all the time that I am seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting in the gate of the king.’Esther 5:14 · מָרְדֳּכַי֙And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, ‘Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;’ and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.Esther 6:2 · מָרְדֳּכַ֜יand it is found written that Mordecai had declared concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king, of the keepers of the threshold, who sought to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus.Esther 6:3 · לְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd the king saith, ‘What honour and greatness hath been done to Mordecai for this?’ And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, ‘Nothing hath been done with him.’Esther 6:4 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יAnd the king saith, ‘Who is in the court?’—and Haman hath come in to the outer court of the house of the king, to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him—Esther 6:10 · לְמָרְדֳּכַ֣יAnd the king saith to Haman, ‘Haste, take the clothing and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there doth not fall a thing of all that thou hast spoken.’Esther 6:11 · מָרְדֳּכָ֑יAnd Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, ‘Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.’Esther 6:12 · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,Esther 6:13 · מָרְדֳּכַ֞יand Haman recounteth to Zeresh his wife, and to all his friends, all that hath met him, and his wise men say to him, and Zeresh his wife, ‘If Mordecai is of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou art not able for him, but dost certainly fall before him.’Esther 7:9 · לְֽמָרְדֳּכַ֞יAnd Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, saith before the king, ‘Also lo, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits;’ and the king saith, ‘Hang him upon it.’Esther 7:10 · לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יAnd they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.Esther 8:1 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗יOn that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he is to her,Esther 8:2 · לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יand the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth Mordecai over the house of Haman.Esther 8:7 · וּֽלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, ‘Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,Esther 8:9 · מָרְדֳּכַ֣יAnd the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month—it is the month of Sivan—in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that are from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces—province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.Esther 8:15 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֞יAnd Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;Esther 9:3 · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd all heads of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the governors, and those doing the work that the king hath, are lifting up the Jews, for a fear of Mordecai hath fallen upon them;Esther 9:4 · מָרְדֳּכַי֙ · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יfor great is Mordecai in the house of the king, and his fame is going into all the provinces, for the man Mordecai is going on and becoming great.Esther 9:20 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יAnd Mordecai writeth these things, and sendeth letters unto all the Jews who are in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus, who are near and who are far off,Esther 9:23 · מָרְדֳּכַ֖יAnd the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,Esther 9:29 · וּמָרְדֳּכַ֥יAnd Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, writeth, and Mordecai the Jew, with all might, to establish this second letter of Purim,Esther 9:31 · מָרְדֳּכַ֤יto establish these days of Purim, in their seasons, as Mordecai the Jew hath established on them, and Esther the queen, and as they had established on themselves, and on their seed—matters of the fastings, and of their cry.Esther 10:2 · מָרְדֳּכַ֔יand all the work of his strength, and his might, and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king made him great, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of Media and Persia?Esther 10:3 · מָרְדֳּכַ֣יFor Mordecai the Jew is second to king Ahasuerus, and a great man of the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.