Crossword-Solution: MORDECAI
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| ESTHER, adopted father of | 1 answer |
| Esther's adopted father. | 1 answer |
| First name of Hall of Fame pitcher "Three Finger" Brown | 1 answer |
| He adopted Esther in the Book of Esther | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEEAR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MORDECAI (5)
After five years of it John had not turned a hair; and Sir Claude Champion was a monomaniac.” “And Haman began to tell them,” said Father Brown, “of all the things wherein the king had honoured him; and he said: ‘All these things profit me nothing while I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the gate.’” “The crisis came,” Mrs Boulnois continued, “when I persuaded John to let me take down some of his speculations and send them to a magazine.
The most he could do to express himself to her was, a little shyly, to pat her hand--and to LOOK it into Mordecai's back.
And as they rent their clothes for the sake of their brother Benjamin, so Mordecai, the descendant of Benjamin, was destined to rend his on account of his brethren, the people of Israel.
And if this be true, the inference is logical and irresistible that God uses even the wicked passions of men to effect his purposes,--as when the envy of Haman led to the elevation of Mordecai, and to the deliverance of the Jews from one of their greatest dangers.
When the Indian's shot laid the pioneer farmer low, his second son, Josiah, ran to a neighboring fort for help, and Mordecai, the eldest, hurried to the cabin for his rifle.
Quotes with MORDECAI (3)
Let men position you in the den, God will make you a Daniel in the den. Let men position you to face Goliath, God will make you a David. Let men subject you to undue pressure, torture and pain, blindfold you and lead you into the dungeon, God will make you a Samson there! Let men sell you into indentured servitude, God will make you Joseph. Let men build a death trap for you, God shall turn it into the days of Mordecai and Haman and you shall only see with your eyes the destr…
I am not sure,' Mordecai told Thomas, 'whether omens can be trusted.''Of course they can.''I should like to hear your reasons. But show me your urine first.''You said I was cured,' Thomas protested. 'Eternal vigilance, dear Thomas, is the price of health. Piss for me.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NY Sun, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1961–2017).