Mordecai

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
5/31/2018, 2:36 PM	Mike C	update #99
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
10/20/2016, 1:17 AM	Mike C	update #93
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Biblical, Hebrew

Scripts מָרְדֳּכַי, מָרְדְּכַי(Hebrew)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈmɔɹ.də.ˌkaɪ/(English)

Meaning & History

Means "servant of MARDUK" in Persian. In the Old Testament Mordecai is the cousin and foster father of Esther. He thwarted a plot to kill the Persian king, though he made an enemy of the king's chief advisor Haman.