Strong's Number H4782

Transliteration:

Mord@kay{mor-dek-ah'-ee}

Word Origin:

of foreign derivation

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Usage in the KJV:

Mordecai 60

Total: 60

Definition:

Mordecai = "little man" or "worshipper of Mars"

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
a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel