mordecai
01KJNM8FCRA8SCWFCFCA9PR5R3Properties
- _kg_layer
- 0
- action_towards_haman
- refused homage
- actions
- discovered conspiracy
- associated_event_type
- deliverance commemoration
- description
- A key figure, along with Esther, who issued an order for the annual observation of specific days commemorating a deliverance.
- ethnicity
- Jew
- location
- gate of the palace
- position
- sits at King's gate
- residence
- Shushan
- role
- co-issuer of order
Relationships
- lived_atShushan
- description
- Mordecai, a Jew, resided in the city of Shushan.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- There lived then at Shushan a Jew named Mordecai
- held_office_inKing (Persian)
- description
- Mordecai held an official position within the royal court of the Persian King.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- who had an office in the court of the Persian monarch.
- raised_as_daughterHadassah
- description
- Mordecai took Hadassah, his orphaned cousin, into his care and raised her as his own daughter.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- he brought up Hadassah—in Hebrew, *myrtle*—his cousin, whose parents were dead, as his own daughter.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-01T21:18:34.718Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- located atKing's Gate
- description
- Mordecai, the recipient of the King's honor, was found sitting in the King's gate.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- who sat in the King’s gate
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-01T21:18:36.687Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- discoveredConspiracy of Bigthan and Teresh
- description
- The official records confirm that Mordecai was the one who uncovered the plot against the King.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- was discovered by Mordecai the Jew
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-01T21:18:39.647Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- sat_atGate of the Palace
- description
- Mordecai was observed positioned at the entrance of the palace.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- he saw Mordecai once more sitting at the gate of the palace
- refused_to_do_homage_toHaman
- description
- Mordecai consistently declined to show the customary respect or deference to Haman.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- and still refusing to do him
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-01T21:18:41.032Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- referenced_by13th day of Adar
- context
- was_consecrated_by_order_of
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- by order of Esther and Mordecai, the 13th, 14th, and 15th days of Adar were consecrated to be annually observed
- referenced_by14th and 15th days of Adar
- context
- were_consecrated_by_order_of
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- by order of Esther and Mordecai, the 13th, 14th, and 15th days of Adar were consecrated to be annually observed
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-01T21:19:27.375Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk