Memucan
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| Hebrew / Greek | מְמוּכָן (H4462) |
|---|---|
| Description | Man living at the time of Exile and Return |
| Mentioned in | 3 verses |
| First mention | Esther 1:14 |
Memucan is a man living at the time of the exile and return. He is named in 3 verses of the Bible, first in Esther 1:14.
Verses
Esther
- Esther 1:14And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.
- Esther 1:16And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
- Esther 1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.
Notes
- Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
- Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.