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Esther 8:15
Masoretic Text 1524
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
Hebrew-English Dictionary
{Mordecai} an Israelite
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
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.