mrdchay · Mordecai

What it means

mrdchay (מׇרְדְּכַי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Mordecai”.

The name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Esther×58

• Ezra 2:2

  who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

• Nehemiah 7:7

  who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

• Esther 2:5

  There was a Jewish man in Susa, the fortress, and his name was Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

• Esther 2:7

  And he was bringing up Hadassah, that is, Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had no father or mother; and the young woman was of beautiful form and of good appearance; and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

• Esther 2:10

  Esther had not made known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her that she not make it known.

• Esther 2:11

  And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the house of the women to learn the welfare of Esther and what was being done with her.

• Esther 2:15

  And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not seek anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women, said. And Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

• Esther 2:19

  And when virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting in the gate of the king.

• Esther 2:20

  Esther was not making known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; and Esther did the command of Mordecai as when she was being brought up by him.

• Esther 2:21

  In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the gate of the king, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, of the keepers of the threshold, became angry and sought to stretch out their hand against King Ahasuerus.

• Esther 2:22

  And the matter became known to Mordecai, and he made it known to Esther the queen, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai.

• Esther 3:2

  And all the king’s servants who were in the gate of the king knelt and bowed down to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him; but Mordecai did not kneel nor bow down.

• Esther 3:3

  And the king’s servants who were in the gate of the king said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the commandment of the king?”

• Esther 3:4

  And it happened, when they spoke to him day after day and he did not listen to them, that they made it known to Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand; for he had made known to them that he was a Jew.

• Esther 3:5

  And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling or bowing down to him, and Haman was filled with fury.

• Esther 3:6

  But in his eyes it was beneath him to stretch out his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

• Esther 4:1

  And Mordecai knew all that had been done, and Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried out with a great and bitter cry;

• Esther 4:4

  And Esther’s young women and her eunuchs came and made it known to her, and the queen was greatly shaken; and she sent clothes to clothe Mordecai, and to remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.

• Esther 4:5

  And Esther called Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs whom he had set before her, and she gave him orders concerning Mordecai, to learn what this was and why this was.

• Esther 4:6

  And Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the square of the city that was in front of the king’s gate.

• Esther 4:7

  And Mordecai made known to him all that had happened to him, and the sum of the silver that Haman had said he would weigh out to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to make them perish.

• Esther 4:9

  And Hathach came and made known to Esther the words of Mordecai.

• Esther 4:10

  And Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him orders for Mordecai:

• Esther 4:12

  And they made known to Mordecai the words of Esther.

• Esther 4:13

  And Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine for yourself that you will escape in the king’s house more than all the Jews.

• Esther 4:15

  And Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,

• Esther 4:17

  And Mordecai went away and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

• Esther 5:9

  And Haman went out that day glad and good of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not rise and did not tremble before him, Haman was filled with fury against Mordecai.

• Esther 5:13

  Yet all this is not worth anything to me every time that I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the king’s gate.”

• Esther 5:14

  And Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let them make a pole fifty cubits high, and in the morning tell the king that they should hang Mordecai on it; then go with the king to the banquet glad.” And the matter seemed good to Haman, and he made the pole.

• Esther 6:2

  And it was found written that Mordecai had made known about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, of the keepers of the threshold, who had sought to stretch out their hand against King Ahasuerus.

• Esther 6:3

  And the king said, “What honor and greatness has been done for Mordecai for this?” And the king’s young men who served him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”

• Esther 6:4

  And the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come to the outer court of the king’s house to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the pole that he had prepared for him.

• Esther 6:10

  And the king said to Haman, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew who sits in the king’s gate; do not let anything fall from all that you have spoken.”

• Esther 6:11

  And Haman took the robe and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and made him ride through the square of the city, and proclaimed before him, “Thus it will be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”

• Esther 6:12

  And Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.

• Esther 6:13

  And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had happened to him; and his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the offspring of the Jews, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”

• Esther 7:9

  And Harbona, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, “Also, look, the pole that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke well for the king, is standing at the house of Haman, fifty cubits high.” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”

• Esther 7:10

  And they hanged Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai; and the fury of the king subsided.

• Esther 8:1

  On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Esther the queen the house of Haman, the adversary of the Jews; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made known what he was to her.

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