H4782

מׇרְדְּכַי

Mordᵉkay · mor-dek-ah'-ee

Mordecai, an Israelite

Lexicon

Derivation: of foreign derivation;

Mordecai, an Israelite

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Mordecai.

Letters

מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
רResh200
Picture: a human head
Concrete
head · face · person
Extended
first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
Concrete
door · curtain · entrance
Extended
a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
כKaf20
Picture: open palm
Concrete
palm · open hand · sole of the foot
Extended
to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in › the open hand that covers › the hand that works

Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in of the open hand that covers of the hand that works.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מׇרְדְּכַי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

60 occurrences · 60 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

mordecai11 · 19%
and mordecai7 · 12%
of mordecai7 · 12%
for mordecai5 · 8%
to mordecai5 · 8%
that mordecai3 · 5%
then mordecai2 · 3%
unto mordecai2 · 3%
was mordecai1 · 2%
whom mordecai1 · 2%
as mordecai1 · 2%
while mordecai1 · 2%
thereof in mordecai's1 · 2%
concerning him. but mordecai1 · 2%
whether mordecai's1 · 2%
on mordecai1 · 2%
when mordecai1 · 2%
so mordecai1 · 2%
against mordecai1 · 2%
even so to mordecai1 · 2%
unto him, if mordecai1 · 2%
it unto mordecai1 · 2%
and to mordecai1 · 2%
according to all that mordecai1 · 2%
and as mordecai1 · 2%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

מָרְדֳּכַ֖י7מָרְדֳּכַ֔י6מָרְדֳּכָ֑י6מָרְדֳּכַי֙5מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃5לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י3מָרְדֳּכַ֣י3וּמָרְדֳּכַ֖י2מָרְדֳּכַ֛י2מָרְדֳּכַ֥י2מָרְדֳּכַ֜י2מָרְדֳּכַ֗י2

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.