Mᵉmûwkân — H4462

Definition

masculine proper noun

Memucan or Momucan, a Persian satrap

1. Memucan = "dignified"
2. one of the 7 princes of Persia in the reign of Ahasuerus

Usually translated as

Memucan

Origin

or (transp.) Môwmukân; (Esther 1:16), of Persian derivation

Occurrences

Mᵉmûwkân occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (3)

• Esther 1:14 — And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan (מְמוּכָ֑ן), the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
• Esther 1:16 — And Memucan (מְמוּכָ֗ן) 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.
• Esther 1:21 — And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan (מְמוּכָֽן):