Strong H4782H4782Gמׇרְדֳּכַי
Mordecai
One of the 2 senses of Strong H4782
- Transliteration
- mordekay
- Pronunciation
- mor-dek-ah'ee
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2
Meaning of the name
Mordecai = "little man" or "worshipper of Mars"
General definition
Of foreign derivation;
{Mordecai} an Israelite: - Mordecai.
{Mordecai} an Israelite: - Mordecai.
In the biblical story
Mordecai
A leader who returned from Babylonian exile.
Mordecai was one of the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem.
In the Bible
Strong H4782G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mordecai2
First verses
- Ezra 2:2Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
- Nehemiah 7:7Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;