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MARDOCHEUS

mar-do-ke'-us (Mardochaios):

(1) One of the Jewish leaders who accompanied Zerubbabel on the return from Babylon to Judah (1 Esdras 5:8, where it stands for "Mordecai" of Ezra 2:2 and Nehemiah 7:7).

(2) Another form of Mordecai, the uncle of Esther (Additions to Esther 10:3; 11:2,12; 12:1,4 ff; 16:13).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.