Midvash

מְמוּכָןMᵉmûwkân

proper name, masculine: a prince of Persia and Media (Esther 1:14; Esther 1:21; Esther 1:16)

Pronunciation: mem-oo-kawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4462

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Esther 1:14 The names of these men were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan—seven nobles of Persia and Media. They met with the king regularly and held the highest positions in the empire.
  • Esther 1:16 Memucan answered the king and his nobles, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also every noble and citizen throughout your empire.
  • Esther 1:21 The king and his nobles thought this made good sense, so he followed Memucan’s counsel.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).