MORDECAI

Meaning of MORDECAI in English

[Judaic] The uncle of Esther and her guardian after her father's death (see the Book of Esther). Originally, the name means "servant of Marduk".

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary. Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии. 2012

MORDECAI — noun Etymology: Hebrew Mordĕkhai Date: 1587 a relative of Esther who gave advice on saving the Jews from the destruction …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MORDECAI — In the biblical book of Esther, the cousin or guardian of Esther . Mordecai was a Jew who offended Haman, …
Английский словарь Британика
MORDECAI — /mawr"di kuy', mawr'di kay"uy/ , n. 1. the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORDECAI — noun Etymology: Hebrew Mordĕkhai Date: 1587 : a relative of Esther who gave advice on saving the Jews from the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MORDECAI — [Mor.de.cai] n [Heb Mordekhai]: a relative of Esther who gives advice on saving the Jews from the destruction planned by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MORDECAI — Mordecai BrE AmE ˈmɔːd ɪ kaɪ -ə-; ˌ••ˈkeɪ aɪ, ˌ••ˈkaɪ i AmE \ ˈmɔːrd-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MORDECAI — In the biblical book of Esther, the cousin or guardian of Esther . Mordecai was a Jew who offended Haman, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MORDECAI — (little man, or worshipper or Mars), the deliverer, under divine Providence, of the Jews from the destruction plotted against them …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
MORDECAI — contrition; bitter; bruising
Bible Names English vocab
MORDECAI — Pronunciation: ' mo ̇ r-di- ˌ k ī Function: noun Etymology: Hebrew Mord ĕ khai Date: 1587 : a relative …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RICHLER, MORDECAI — born Jan. 27, 1931, Montreal, Que., Can. died July 3, 2001, Montreal Canadian novelist. He grew up in a Jewish …
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KAPLAN, MORDECAI MENAHEM — born June 11, 1881, Švenc̣ionys, Lithu. died Nov. 8, 1983, New York, N.Y., U.S. Lithuanian-born U.S. theologian. He came to …
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RICHLER, MORDECAI — born Jan. 27, 1931, Montreal prominent Canadian novelist whose incisive and penetrating works explore fundamental human dilemmas and values. Richler …
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ARDON, MORDECAI
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ANIELEWICZ, MORDECAI
Britannica English vocabulary
RICHLER, MORDECAI — born Jan. 27, 1931, Montreal, Que., Can. died July 3, 2001, Montreal Canadian novelist. He grew up in a Jewish …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RICHLER — biographical name Mordecai 1931- Canadian novelist
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RECONSTRUCTIONISM — Movement that originated in U.S. Judaism in the 1920s. It regards Judaism only as a specific human culture, rejects the …
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ESTHER — I heroine and central figure in the book of Esther. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the …
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RICHLER — /rich"leuhr/ , n. Mordecai , born 1931, Canadian novelist.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RECONSTRUCTIONISM — /ree'keuhn struk"sheuh niz'euhm/ , n. a 20th-century movement among U.S. Jews, founded by Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, advocating that Judaism, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KAPLAN — /kap"leuhn/ , n. Mordecai Menahem /mawr"di kuy' may"neuh hem', meuh nah"hem/ , 1881-1983, U.S. religious leader and educator, born in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RICHLER — biographical name Mordecai 1931- Canadian novelist
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FROM HUNGER — : very bad or inept the jokes were from hunger — Mordecai Richler
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUNGER — [hun.ger] n [ME, fr. OE hungor; akin to OHG hungar hunger, Lith kanka torture] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a craving …
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THEATRE — also spelled theater in architecture, a building or space in which a performance may be given before an audience. The …
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PURIM — ((Hebrew: Lots), ) English Feast of Lots, a joyous Jewish festival commemorating the survival of the Jews who, in the …
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JUDAISM — the religion of the Jews. It is the complex expression of a religious and ethnic community, a way of life …
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ESTHER, BOOK OF — Old Testament book that belongs to the third section of the Judaic biblical canon, known as the Ketuvim, or Writings. …
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ESTHER — n. heroine and central figure in the book of Esther. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AHASUERUS — (lion-king), the name of one Median and two Persian kings mentioned in the Old Testament. â In (Daniel 9:1) Ahasuerus …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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