This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
Definition
of foreign derivation; Mordecai, an Israelite
Traditional renderings: Mordecai.
Traditional renderings: Mordecai.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
60 total
- Esther 8:15וּמָרְדֳּכַ֞י · MordecaiMordecai 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.
- Esther 9:3מָרְדֳּכַ֖י · of MordecaiAnd 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.
- Esther 9:4 (2×)מָרְדֳּכַי֙ · Mordecai; מָרְדֳּכַ֖י · heFor Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
- Esther 9:20מָרְדֳּכַ֔י · MordecaiMordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
- Esther 9:23מָרְדֳּכַ֖י · MordecaiSo the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
- Esther 9:29וּמָרְדֳּכַ֥י · along with MordecaiSo Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
- Esther 9:31מָרְדֳּכַ֤י · Mordecai…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.
- Esther 10:2מָרְדֳּכַ֔י · of Mordecai’sAnd 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?
- Esther 10:3מָרְדֳּכַ֣י · MordecaiFor 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.