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Esther 4:15

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 bade ותאמר

H635 Then Esther אסתר

H7725 them return להשׁיב

H413 אל

H4782 Mordecai מרדכי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Then

H635 Esther

H559 bade

them

H7725 return

H4782 Mordecai

this

answer

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H4782

Hebrew: מׇרְדְּכַי

Transliteration: Mordᵉkay

Pronunciation: mor-dek-ah'-ee

Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine

Bible Usage: Mordecai.

Definition:

{Mordecai} an Israelite

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

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906