Nephihah Variants

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Variants Spelling of NEPHIHAH

Alma 4:17

  • P: S2 Nephiah > S1 Nephihah
  • 1830-1981: Nephihah

Alma 4:18

  • P: S2 Nephiah > S1 Nephihah
  • 1830-1981: Nephihah

Alma 4:20

  • P: S2 Nephiah > S1 Nephihah
  • 1830-1981: Nephihah

Alma 8:12

  • P: S2 Nephiah > S1 Nephihah
  • 1830-1981: Nephihah

Discussion: Scribe 2 spelled this name as Nephiah; it was corrected by Cowdery to Nephihah in P. Scribe 2's error was perhaps because of biblical names with -iah endings. In Alma 50-62, Oliver Cowdery in P spelled the name Nephihah twenty times.

Source: ATV 4:1662.