Strong's H4782 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: מׇרְדְּכַי (Mordᵉkay)

Pronunciation: mor-dek-ah'-ee

Morphology: n-pr-m

Derivation: of foreign derivation

Definition: Mordecai, an Israelite

KJV Renderings: Mordecai

Senses

1. Mordecai = "little man" or "worshipper of Mars"
2. 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
3. a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel