STRONGS NUMBER H4782


Word Summary
Mordekay: a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther
Original Word: מָרְדְּכַי
Transliteration: Mordekay
Phonetic Spelling: (mor-dek-ah'-ee)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther
Meaning: Mordecai -- a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther
Strong's Concordance
Mordecai

Of foreign derivation; Mordecai, an Israelite -- Mordecai.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4782. Mordekay

מָרְּדֳּכַי‎ (van d. H. מָרְדְּכַי‎) proper name, masculine Mordecai (perhaps from n.div. Marduk (מְרֹרַךְ‎), ZimZAW xi.161 ff.; compare further Wild (citing Jensen)Comm. Est. 173 f.); — ׳מEzra 2:2; Esther 2:5 +; מָרְדֳּכָ֑י2:22 +; —

1 companion of Zerubbabel, according to Ezra 2:2 = Nehemiah 7:7. ᵐ5Μαραθχαιος, Μαρδοχαιος, etc:

2 cousin and adoptive father of Esther Esther 2:5, 7, 10 55t. Esther. ᵐ5Μαρδοχαιος.

מֻרְדָּף‎ see רדה רדף,‎.