Mordecai
[mawr-di-kahy, mawr-di-key-ahy]
- the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- a male given name.
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Contemporary Examples
Both initiatives were successful—“the fear of Mordecai fell upon them,” while the “Jews gathered themselves” for defense.
Mordecai, a court player with an ear for intel (and a way to convey it to power), achieves some of that power.
Esther and Mordecai confront a hostile host society and an implacable bureaucracy.
Beside a statue of Mordecai Anielewicz, the hero of the Warsaw uprising, dripped a crude cartoon of an Auschwitz-bound train.
Historical Examples
It cannot be the same work as that written by Mordecai, for, in chap.
A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II]Benedict of Spinoza
The advancement of Mordecai was the natural result of Haman's ruin.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IFrancis Augustus Cox
Could she ever pardon herself for this delay, when Mordecai is suspended?
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IFrancis Augustus Cox
He was his Mordecai at the king's gate, for whom he could neither sleep nor eat.
But Mordecai advanced toward the travellers, his hand extended in welcome.
The New LandElma Ehrlich Levinger
Mordecai1
- Old Testament the cousin of Esther who averted a massacre of the Jews (Esther 2–9)
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Mordecai2
- Old Testament the cousin of Esther who averted a massacre of the Jews (Esther 2–9)
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Word Origin and History for mordecai
Mordecai
masc. proper name, biblical cousin of Esther, from Hebrew Mordekhay, from Akkad. Marduk, chief god of the city of Babylon.
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