mor-dek-ah'-ee
of foreign derivation; Mordecai, an Israelite:--Mordecai.
Now in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002] there was a certain [0376] Jew [03064], whose name [08034] was Mordecai [04782], the son [01121] of Jair [02971], the son [01121] of Shimei [08096], the son [01121] of Kish [07027], a Benjamite [01145];
And he brought up [0539] Hadassah [01919], that is, Esther [0635], his uncle's [01730] daughter [01323]: for she had neither father [01] nor mother [0517], and the maid [05291] was fair [08389] [03303] and beautiful [04758] [02896]; whom Mordecai [04782], when her father [01] and mother [0517] were dead [04194], took [03947] for his own daughter [01323].brought…: Heb. nourishedfair…: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance
Esther [0635] had not shewed [05046] her people [05971] nor her kindred [04138]: for Mordecai [04782] had charged [06680] her that she should not shew [05046] it.
And Mordecai [04782] walked [01980] every day [03117] before [06440] the court [02691] of the women's [0802] house [01004], to know [03045] how Esther [0635] did [07965], and what should become [06213] of her.to know…: Heb. to know the peace
Now when the turn [08447] of Esther [0635], the daughter [01323] of Abihail [032] the uncle [01730] of Mordecai [04782], who had taken [03947] her for his daughter [01323], was come [05060] to go in [0935] unto the king [04428], she required [01245] nothing [01697] but what Hegai [01896] the king's [04428] chamberlain [05631], the keeper [08104] of the women [0802], appointed [0559]. And Esther [0635] obtained [05375] favour [02580] in the sight [05869] of all them that looked [07200] upon her.
And when the virgins [01330] were gathered together [06908] the second time [08145], then Mordecai [04782] sat [03427] in the king's [04428] gate [08179].
Esther [0635] had not yet shewed [05046] her kindred [04138] nor her people [05971]; as Mordecai [04782] had charged [06680] her: for Esther [0635] did [06213] the commandment [03982] of Mordecai [04782], like as when she was brought up [0545] with him.
In those days [03117], while Mordecai [04782] sat [03427] in the king's [04428] gate [08179], two [08147] of the king's [04428] chamberlains [05631], Bigthan [0904] and Teresh [08657], of those which kept [08104] the door [05592], were wroth [07107], and sought [01245] to lay [07971] hand [03027] on the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325].Bigthan: also called, Bigthanathe door: Heb. the threshold
And the thing [01697] was known [03045] to Mordecai [04782], who told [05046] it unto Esther [0635] the queen [04436]; and Esther [0635] certified [0559] the king [04428] thereof in Mordecai's [04782] name [08034].
And all the king's [04428] servants [05650], that were in the king's [04428] gate [08179], bowed [03766], and reverenced [07812] Haman [02001]: for the king [04428] had so commanded [06680] concerning him. But Mordecai [04782] bowed [03766] not, nor did him reverence [07812].
Then the king's [04428] servants [05650], which were in the king's [04428] gate [08179], said [0559] unto Mordecai [04782], Why transgressest [05674] thou the king's [04428] commandment [04687]?
Now it came to pass, when they spake [0559] daily [03117] [03117] unto him, and he hearkened [08085] not unto them, that they told [05046] Haman [02001], to see [07200] whether Mordecai's [04782] matters [01697] would stand [05975]: for he had told [05046] them that he was a Jew [03064].
And when Haman [02001] saw [07200] that Mordecai [04782] bowed [03766] not, nor did him reverence [07812], then was Haman [02001] full [04390] of wrath [02534].
And he thought [05869] scorn [0959] to lay [07971] hands [03027] on Mordecai [04782] alone; for they had shewed [05046] him the people [05971] of Mordecai [04782]: wherefore Haman [02001] sought [01245] to destroy [08045] all the Jews [03064] that were throughout the whole kingdom [04438] of Ahasuerus [0325], even the people [05971] of Mordecai [04782].
When Mordecai [04782] perceived [03045] all that was done [06213], Mordecai [04782] rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and put on [03847] sackcloth [08242] with ashes [0665], and went out [03318] into the midst [08432] of the city [05892], and cried [02199] with a loud [01419] and a bitter [04751] cry [02201];
So Esther's [0635] maids [05291] and her chamberlains [05631] came [0935] and told [05046] it her. Then was the queen [04436] exceedingly [03966] grieved [02342]; and she sent [07971] raiment [0899] to clothe [03847] Mordecai [04782], and to take away [05493] his sackcloth [08242] from him: but he received [06901] it not.chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs
Then called [07121] Esther [0635] for Hatach [02047], one of the king's [04428] chamberlains [05631], whom he had appointed [05975] to attend [06440] upon her, and gave him a commandment [06680] to Mordecai [04782], to know [03045] what it was, and why it was.appointed…: Heb. set before her
So Hatach [02047] went forth [03318] to Mordecai [04782] unto the street [07339] of the city [05892], which was before [06440] the king's [04428] gate [08179].
And Mordecai [04782] told [05046] him of all that had happened [07136] unto him, and of the sum [06575] of the money [03701] that Haman [02001] had promised [0559] to pay [08254] to the king's [04428] treasuries [01595] for the Jews [03064], to destroy [06] them.
And Hatach [02047] came [0935] and told [05046] Esther [0635] the words [01697] of Mordecai [04782].
Again Esther [0635] spake [0559] unto Hatach [02047], and gave him commandment [06680] unto Mordecai [04782];
And they told [05046] to Mordecai [04782] Esther's [0635] words [01697].
Then Mordecai [04782] commanded [0559] to answer [07725] Esther [0635], Think [01819] not with thyself [05315] that thou shalt escape [04422] in the king's [04428] house [01004], more than all the Jews [03064].
Then Esther [0635] bade [0559] them return [07725] Mordecai [04782] this answer,
So Mordecai [04782] went his way [05674], and did [06213] according to all that Esther [0635] had commanded [06680] him.went…: Heb. passed
Then went [03318] Haman [02001] forth [03318] that day [03117] joyful [08056] and with a glad [02896] heart [03820]: but when Haman [02001] saw [07200] Mordecai [04782] in the king's [04428] gate [08179], that he stood not up [06965], nor moved [02111] for him, he [02001] was full [04390] of indignation [02534] against Mordecai [04782].
Yet all this availeth [07737] me nothing, so long as [06256] I see [07200] Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064] sitting [03427] at the king's [04428] gate [08179].
Then said [0559] Zeresh [02238] his wife [0802] and all his friends [0157] unto him, Let a gallows [06086] be made [06213] of fifty [02572] cubits [0520] high [01364], and to morrow [01242] speak [0559] thou unto the king [04428] that Mordecai [04782] may be hanged [08518] thereon: then go [0935] thou in merrily [08056] with the king [04428] unto the banquet [04960]. And the thing [01697] pleased [06440] [03190] Haman [02001]; and he caused [06213] the gallows [06086] to be made [06213].gallows: Heb. tree
And it was found [04672] written [03789], that Mordecai [04782] had told [05046] of Bigthana [0904] and Teresh [08657], two [08147] of the king's [04428] chamberlains [05631], the keepers [08104] of the door [05592], who sought [01245] to lay [07971] hand [03027] on the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325].Bigthana: also called, Bigthandoor: Heb. threshold
And the king [04428] said [0559], What honour [03366] and dignity [01420] hath been done [06213] to Mordecai [04782] for this? Then said [0559] the king's [04428] servants [05288] that ministered [08334] unto him, There is nothing [01697] done [06213] for him.
And the king [04428] said [0559], Who is in the court [02691]? Now Haman [02001] was come [0935] into the outward [02435] court [02691] of the king's [04428] house [01004], to speak [0559] unto the king [04428] to hang [08518] Mordecai [04782] on the gallows [06086] that he had prepared [03559] for him.
Then the king [04428] said [0559] to Haman [02001], Make haste [04116], and take [03947] the apparel [03830] and the horse [05483], as thou hast said [01696], and do [06213] even so to Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064], that sitteth [03427] at the king's [04428] gate [08179]: let nothing [01697] fail [05307] of all that thou hast spoken [01696].let…: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall
Then took [03947] Haman [02001] the apparel [03830] and the horse [05483], and arrayed [03847] Mordecai [04782], and brought him on horseback [07392] through the street [07339] of the city [05892], and proclaimed [07121] before [06440] him, Thus shall it be done [06213] unto the man [0376] whom the king [04428] delighteth [02654] to honour [03366].
And Mordecai [04782] came again [07725] to the king's [04428] gate [08179]. But Haman [02001] hasted [01765] to his house [01004] mourning [057], and having his head [07218] covered [02645].
And Haman [02001] told [05608] Zeresh [02238] his wife [0802] and all his friends [0157] every thing that had befallen [07136] him. Then said [0559] his wise men [02450] and Zeresh [02238] his wife [0802] unto him, If Mordecai [04782] be of the seed [02233] of the Jews [03064], before [06440] whom thou hast begun [02490] to fall [05307], thou shalt not prevail [03201] against him, but shalt surely [05307] fall [05307] before [06440] him.
And Harbonah [02726], one [0259] of the chamberlains [05631], said [0559] before [06440] the king [04428], Behold also, the gallows [06086] fifty [02572] cubits [0520] high [01364], which Haman [02001] had made [06213] for Mordecai [04782], who had spoken [01696] good [02896] for the king [04428], standeth [05975] in the house [01004] of Haman [02001]. Then the king [04428] said [0559], Hang [08518] him thereon.gallows: Heb. tree
So they hanged [08518] Haman [02001] on the gallows [06086] that he had prepared [03559] for Mordecai [04782]. Then was the king's [04428] wrath [02534] pacified [07918].
On that day [03117] did the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] give [05414] the house [01004] of Haman [02001] the Jews' [03064] enemy [06887] unto Esther [0635] the queen [04436]. And Mordecai [04782] came [0935] before [06440] the king [04428]; for Esther [0635] had told [05046] what he was unto her.
And the king [04428] took off [05493] his ring [02885], which he had taken [05674] from Haman [02001], and gave [05414] it unto Mordecai [04782]. And Esther [0635] set [07760] Mordecai [04782] over the house [01004] of Haman [02001].
Then the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] said [0559] unto Esther [0635] the queen [04436] and to Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064], Behold, I have given [05414] Esther [0635] the house [01004] of Haman [02001], and him they have hanged [08518] upon the gallows [06086], because he laid [07971] his hand [03027] upon the Jews [03064].
Then were the king's [04428] scribes [05608] called [07121] at that time [06256] in the third [07992] month [02320], that is, the month [02320] Sivan [05510], on the three [07969] and twentieth [06242] day thereof; and it was written [03789] according to all that Mordecai [04782] commanded [06680] unto the Jews [03064], and to the lieutenants [0323], and the deputies [06346] and rulers [08269] of the provinces [04082] which are from India [01912] unto Ethiopia [03568], an hundred [03967] twenty [06242] and seven [07651] provinces [04082], unto every province [04082] according to the writing [03791] thereof, and unto every people [05971] after their language [03956], and to the Jews [03064] according to their writing [03791], and according to their language [03956].
And Mordecai [04782] went out [03318] from the presence [06440] of the king [04428] in royal [04438] apparel [03830] of blue [08504] and white [02353], and with a great [01419] crown [05850] of gold [02091], and with a garment [08509] of fine linen [0948] and purple [0713]: and the city [05892] of Shushan [07800] rejoiced [06670] and was glad [08056].blue: or, violet
And all the rulers [08269] of the provinces [04082], and the lieutenants [0323], and the deputies [06346], and officers [04399] [06213] of the king [04428], helped [05375] the Jews [03064]; because the fear [06343] of Mordecai [04782] fell [05307] upon them.officers…: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king
For Mordecai [04782] was great [01419] in the king's [04428] house [01004], and his fame [08089] went out [01980] throughout all the provinces [04082]: for this man [0376] Mordecai [04782] waxed [01980] greater and greater [01419].
And Mordecai [04782] wrote [03789] these things [01697], and sent [07971] letters [05612] unto all the Jews [03064] that were in all the provinces [04082] of the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], both nigh [07138] and far [07350],
And the Jews [03064] undertook [06901] to do [06213] as they had begun [02490], and as Mordecai [04782] had written [03789] unto them;
Then Esther [0635] the queen [04436], the daughter [01323] of Abihail [032], and Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064], wrote [03789] with all authority [08633], to confirm [06965] this second [08145] letter [0107] of Purim [06332].authority: Heb. strength
To confirm [06965] these days [03117] of Purim [06332] in their times [02165] appointed, according as Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064] and Esther [0635] the queen [04436] had enjoined [06965] them, and as they had decreed [06965] for themselves [05315] and for their seed [02233], the matters [01697] of the fastings [06685] and their cry [02201].themselves: Heb. their souls
And all the acts [04639] of his power [08633] and of his might [01369], and the declaration [06575] of the greatness [01420] of Mordecai [04782], whereunto the king [04428] advanced [01431] him, are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [03117] [01697] of the kings [04428] of Media [04074] and Persia [06539]?advanced…: Heb. made him great
For Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064] was next [04932] unto king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], and great [01419] among the Jews [03064], and accepted [07521] of the multitude [07230] of his brethren [0251], seeking [01875] the wealth [02896] of his people [05971], and speaking [01696] peace [07965] to all his seed [02233].