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mordŏxay מׇרְדֳּכַי ‘Mordecai’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: of foreign origin

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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

Mentioned in Esther 2:7, 4:7, 2:15, 9:29, 6:12, 5:14, 6:13, 10:3, 7:9, 8:9, 9:3, 2:21, 3:6, 6:2, 8:1, 8:7, 9:20, 2:20, 3:5, 5:13, 2:5, 6:11, 9:4, 4:13, 6:10, 3:4, 4:6, 4:10, 4:15, 9:23, 9:31, 2:22, 3:3, 6:3, 6:4, 2:10, 2:11, 4:4, 4:5, 4:9, 4:12, 4:17, 8:2, 4:1, 8:15, 3:2, 7:10, 10:2, 5:9, 2:19 Ezra 2:2 Nehemiah 7:7