04782 Mord@kay {mor-dek-ah'-ee} of foreign derivation;; n pr m AV - Mordecai 60; 60 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
Transliterated: Mordkay Phonetic: mor-dek-ah'-ee
Text: of foreign derivation; Mordecai, an Israelite: