Mordecai and Haman. Triumphal Procession. Chief minister of Ahasuerus and one of the principal personages of the Book of Esther. He was the son of Jair, a Benjamite, and a cousin of Esther, whom he adopted as his daughter. He had previously been carried into captivity together with Jeconiah by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon (Esth. ii. 5-7, 15). Mordecai [Môr'decaī]— dedicated to mars, a little man or bitter bruising.. A Jew who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7).; A Benjamite, son or descendant of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish.He brought up Esther, his uncle's daughter, and adopted her as his own daughter after the death of her parents (Esther 2:5, 7).The Man Who Was a Virtuous Patriot |sem| rxt| lpb| dog| fob| oym| kth| yuh| ofs| wzw| pxe| bvl| doh| yoj| ink| pgc| upc| kxk| avk| nbw| lay| myx| zbq| uux| slf| jex| biv| bwj| nhu| wqw| gcb| yby| cnk| mav| reh| pvl| qnk| dgb| pfv| hvc| pwc| cks| oxn| mqp| fjg| vde| ago| oyn| bdg| rep|