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|'''[[:Category:Biblical PN|Biblical PN]] (NT)'''
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|Apostle of [[JESUS|J<small>ESUS</small>]] [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/14.27?lang=eng#26 1 Nephi 14:27]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/28.6?lang=eng#5 2 Nephi 28:6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/4.16?lang=eng#15 Ether 4:16])
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'''Etymology'''

'''JOHN''' is the PN of an apostle of [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]] mentioned in the Book of Mormon of a biblical figure but not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon. This PN si originally from the Hebrew ''johannan'', "the Lord has favored, shown favor (to)" (''HALOT''), and realized in the Greek Septuagint as ''Io(ch)anan'' as well as ''Ionan'', ''Ioachas''; in the NT it is given as ''Ioanan'', but mostly as ''Ioannes'' (''HALOT'').

'''Variants'''

'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐖𐐉𐐤 (dʒɒn)

'''Notes'''
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