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04782 Mord@kay mor-dek-ah’- ee

of foreign derivation; ; Noun Pronoun Masculine

AV-Mordecai 60; 60

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