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( Ìáñäï÷áῖïò ). the Sept. or Greek equivalent of MORDECAI SEE MORDECAI (q.v.), in the Apocrypha; namely,
(a.) the uncle of Esther, in the apocryphal additions (Esther 10:1; 11:2, 12; 12:1-6; 16:13; 2Ma_15:36). The 14th of the month Adar, on which the feast of Purim was celebrated, is called in the last passage “Mardochaeus's day” (
ἡ Ìáñäï÷áúêὴ ἡìÝñá
).
(b.) A Jew who returned with Zerubbabel and Joshua (1Es_5:8; comp. Ezr_2:2).