Memucan
Memucan, a wise prince who advised King Ahasuerus to depose Queen Vashti.
The name Memucan means “impoverished; to prepare; certain; true”
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Summary
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Esther 1:14; only referred to as Memucan (מְמוּכָן).
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- מְמוּכָןMemucan
Mentions
- His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.
- And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
- The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan advised.