Strong H4462מְמוּכָן
Memucan
- Transliteration
- memûkân mômûkân
- Pronunciation
- {mem-oo-kawn'} mo-moo-kawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of Persian derivation;
Memucan or {Momucan} a Persian satrap: - Memucan.
Memucan or {Momucan} a Persian satrap: - Memucan.
Meaning of the name
Memucan = "dignified"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.1.14
In the biblical story
Memucan
One of the seven princes of Persia and Media.
Memucan, a wise prince who advised King Ahasuerus to depose Queen Vashti (Est.1.14,16,21).
In the Bible
Strong H4462 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- memucan3
First verses
- Esther 1:14And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
- Esther 1:16And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: