Etymology

Mordecai

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Today it means: One of the main personalities in the Book of Esther. He adopted and raised his cousin Esther and foiled a plot to assassinate the king. Full definition →

Hebrew מָרְדֳּכַי
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromמָרְדֳּכַי
  2. English todayMordecai

Borrowed from Hebrew מָרְדֳּכַי (mordocháy).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.