Word Study · Strong's H4782 · Hebrew
מׇרְדְּכַי
Mordekay
mor-dek-ah'-ee
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mordᵉkay
“Mordecai, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Mordecai, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Mordecai.
- 60occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 60 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- מָרְדֳּכַ֖י7
- מָרְדֳּכַ֔י6
- מָרְדֳּכָ֑י6
- מָרְדֳּכַי֙5
- מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃5
- לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י3
- מָרְדֳּכַ֣י3
- וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖י2
- וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י2
- מָרְדֳּכַ֥י2
- מָרְדֳּכַ֗י2
- מָרְדֳּכַ֛י2
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- Mordecai42
- and Mordecai7
- for Mordecai4
- to Mordecai4
- [was] Mordecai1
- and to Mordecai1
- on Mordecai1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)43
- preposition + proper noun (a name)9
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 43
- HR/Npm · 9
- HC/Npm · 7
- HC/R/Npm · 1
All 60, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Esther58 occurrences
- Esther 2:5מָרְדֳּכַ֗יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.here: [was] Mordecai
- Esther 2:7מָרְדֳּכַ֛יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.here: Mordecai
- Esther 2:10מָרְדֳּכַ֛יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.here: Mordecai
- Esther 2:11מָרְדֳּכַי֙maredokhaiproper noun (a name)And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.here: Mordecai
- Esther 2:15מָרְדֳּכַ֡יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.here: Mordecai
- Esther 2:19וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יumaredokhaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.here: and Mordecai
- Esther 2:20מָרְדֳּכָ֑יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.here: Mordecai
- Esther 2:20מָרְדֳּכַי֙maredokhaiproper noun (a name)Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.here: Mordecai
- Esther 2:21וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יumaredokhaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.here: and Mordecai
- Esther 2:22לְמָרְדֳּכַ֔יlemaredokhaipreposition + proper noun (a name)When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.here: to Mordecai
- Esther 2:22מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃maredokhaiproper noun (a name)When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.here: Mordecai
- Esther 3:2וּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יumaredokhaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.here: and Mordecai
- Esther 3:3לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יlemaredokhaipreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”here: to Mordecai
- Esther 3:4מָרְדֳּכַ֔יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.here: Mordecai
- Esther 3:5מָרְדֳּכַ֔יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.here: Mordecai
- Esther 3:6בְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣יbemaredokhaipreposition + proper noun (a name)And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.here: on Mordecai
- Esther 3:6מָרְדֳּכָ֑יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.here: Mordecai
- Esther 3:6מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃maredokhaiproper noun (a name)And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:1וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗יumaredokhaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.here: and Mordecai
- Esther 4:1מָרְדֳּכַי֙maredokhaiproper noun (a name)When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:4מָרְדֳּכַ֗יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:5מָרְדֳּכָ֑יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:6מָרְדֳּכָ֑יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:7מָרְדֳּכַ֔יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:9מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃maredokhaiproper noun (a name)So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:10מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃maredokhaiproper noun (a name)Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:12לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔יlemaredokhaipreposition + proper noun (a name)When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai,here: to Mordecai
- Esther 4:13מָרְדֳּכַ֖יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:15מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃maredokhaiproper noun (a name)Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:here: Mordecai
- Esther 4:17מָרְדֳּכָ֑יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.here: Mordecai
- Esther 5:9מָרְדֳּכַ֜יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.here: Mordecai
- Esther 5:9מָרְדֳּכַ֖יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.here: Mordecai
- Esther 5:13מָרְדֳּכַ֣יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”here: Mordecai
- Esther 5:14מָרְדֳּכַי֙maredokhaiproper noun (a name)His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.here: Mordecai
- Esther 6:2מָרְדֳּכַ֜יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.here: Mordecai
- Esther 6:3לְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יlemaredokhaipreposition + proper noun (a name)The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.here: for Mordecai
- Esther 6:4מָרְדֳּכַ֔יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.here: Mordecai
- Esther 6:10לְמָרְדֳּכַ֣יlemaredokhaipreposition + proper noun (a name)“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”here: for Mordecai
- Esther 6:11מָרְדֳּכָ֑יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”here: Mordecai
- Esther 6:12מָרְדֳּכַ֖יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.here: Mordecai
- Esther 6:13מָרְדֳּכַ֞יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”here: Mordecai
- Esther 7:9לְֽמָרְדֳּכַ֞יlemaredokhaipreposition + proper noun (a name)Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.here: for Mordecai
- Esther 7:10לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יlemaredokhaipreposition + proper noun (a name)So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.here: for Mordecai
- Esther 8:1וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗יumaredokhaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.here: and Mordecai
- Esther 8:2לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יlemaredokhaipreposition + proper noun (a name)The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.here: to Mordecai
- Esther 8:2מָרְדֳּכַ֖יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.here: Mordecai
- Esther 8:7וּֽלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יulemaredokhaiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.here: and to Mordecai
- Esther 8:9מָרְדֳּכַ֣יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.here: Mordecai
- Esther 8:15וּמָרְדֳּכַ֞יumaredokhaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.here: and Mordecai
- Esther 9:3מָרְדֳּכַ֖יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.here: Mordecai
- Esther 9:4מָרְדֳּכַי֙maredokhaiproper noun (a name)For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.here: Mordecai
- Esther 9:4מָרְדֳּכַ֖יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.here: Mordecai
- Esther 9:20מָרְדֳּכַ֔יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,here: Mordecai
- Esther 9:23מָרְדֳּכַ֖יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.here: Mordecai
- Esther 9:29וּמָרְדֳּכַ֥יumaredokhaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.here: and Mordecai
- Esther 9:31מָרְדֳּכַ֤יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.here: Mordecai
- Esther 10:2מָרְדֳּכַ֔יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?here: Mordecai
- Esther 10:3מָרְדֳּכַ֣יmaredokhaiproper noun (a name)For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.here: Mordecai