4782 – מׇרְדֳּכַי (Mordochaj)

Mordecai

Type:	Noun Noun   masc. ♂ masculine   NameName   Person Person
Persons:	Mordecai, Mordecai
Hebrew:	מׇרְדֳּכַי (Mordochaj)
Pronunciation:	mår-då-chaj    Listen
Gematria:	274(40 + 200 + 4 + 20 + 10)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	of foreign derivation
Usage:	60 times in OT

Description

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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