Original: מׇרְדְּכַי

Transliteration: Mordᵉkay

Phonetic: mor-dek-ah'-ee

Short Definition: Mordecai

Original: מרדּכּי

Transliteration: mordekay

Phonetic: mor-dek-ah'-ee

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: of foreign derivation

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H1255, H4757, H4775, H4777, H4778, H4780, H4781