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Mordecai
[ mawr-di-kahy, mawr-di-key-ahy ]
noun
- (in the Bible) the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman.
- a male given name.
Mordecai
1/ ˈmɔːdəˌkaɪ; ˌmɔːdəˈkaɪ /
noun
- Old Testament MordecaiMJewishMISC: cousin of Esther the cousin of Esther who averted a massacre of the Jews (Esther 2–9)
Mordecai
2/ ˌmɔːdəˈkaɪ; ˈmɔːdəˌkaɪ /
noun
- Old Testament the cousin of Esther who averted a massacre of the Jews (Esther 2–9)
Example Sentences
The secretly-Jewish Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai foil Haman's plan when Esther reveals her Jewishness to her husband and convinces the king to spare her people from genocide.
In the story of Esther, Mordecai entreats his niece to step into her Jewishness to prevent atrocities from happening.
Then he heard Howard University President Mordecai Wyatt Johnson’s lecture on Mahatma Gandhi, whose conceptions of nonviolent protest as a “love-force,” along with Christian love, animated a transformative movement.
Mordecai Miller, a 74-year-old resident of Redwood City, said he felt pain for both sides, but felt closer to the plight of Israelis after Oct.
“Today was just a rollercoaster, up and down,” Mordecai said.
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