NEPHITE(S)

Lehite gentilic

1.

Descendant(s) of NEPHI No. 1 and his followers, from 6th c. BC (2 Nephi 29:12, 13 (x4); Jacob 1:13 (x2), 14; Enos 1:9, 13 (x2), 24; Jarom 1:6, 7; Omni 1:2, 5, 10, 24 (x2); Words of Mormon 1:1; Mosiah 7:15; 9:1; 19:28; 21:2, 5; 25:12, 13; 28:2; 29:44; Alma 1:Preface; 2:11, 12, 15, 17 (x2), 18, 19 (x2), 20, 23, 28, 36 (x2); 3:1, 4, 11; 8:20; 11:4; 16:3, 4, 5, 12, 15; 17:14, 20; 19:10, 14, 18, 19, 26, 27; 20:10, 13; 22:27, 29 (x3), 32, 33 (x2), 34; 23:5, 18; 24:7, 8; 25:1, 3, 4, 6, 13; 26:33; 27:1, 2, 5, 6, 26; 28:1, 9 (x2); 30:2, 20, 59; 31:2, 4 (x2), 8; 35:11, 13 (x2); 37:10; 43:3, 4, 7, 8 (x2), 9, 12, 13 (x3), 14 (x2), 15, 16 (x3), 17, 21 (x2), 22, 23, 30, 36, 37, 38 (x2), 44, 45, 47, 51, 53; 44:16, 18 (x2), 21, 23; 45:10; 46:11, 34, 36 (x2); 47:1, 2, 6, 21, 23, 35, 36; 48:1, 2 (x2), 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 14, 25; 49:4, 5, 10, 11 (x2), 12, 19, 21, 22, 23 (x3), 25, 26; 50:1, 11 (x2), 13; 51:9, 10, 11, 23, 28; 52:12, 13 (x2), 14, 31; 53:1, 3, 8 (x2), 10, 12, 13, 16, 17 (x2), 19; 54:3, 14, 20; 55:6, 7, 8 (x2), 10, 11, 18, 20, 22, 23 (x3), 24, 28, 30, 31, 32; 56:45; 57:10; 58:25; 62:16, 29, 30, 35, 38, 41; 63:6, 14; Helaman 1:Preface (x2), 1, 15 (x2), 16 (x2), 17, 19, 22, 25, 31, 32 (x3); 2:1; 3:14, 15, 16 (x2), 22, 31; 4:3, 4 (x2), 5, 6, 7, 8 (x2), 11, 19, 20; 5:17 (x2), 27, 35, 52; 6:1, 2, 4, 7 (x2), 8, 9, 18, 21, 31, 34, 35, 38 (x2); 7:Preface, 1, 6; 9:39; 10:3; 11:6, 21, 32; 13:Preface, 1, 8, 16; 15:4, 17; 16:8, 15; 3 Nephi 1:28 (x2); 2:5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14 (x2), 15, 16 (x2); 3:3, 11, 14 (x2), 17, 18, 19, 24; 4:1, 2, 3, 4 (x2), 5, 6 (x2), 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18 (x2), 21, 25, 27; 6:1; 4 Nephi 1:2, 36, 37; Mormon 1:8 (x3), 9, 11 (x2); 2:1, 2, 8, 10, 16; 3:1, 9; 4:1, 2 (x2), 4, 8 (x2), 9, 10 (x2), 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22; 5:1, 4, 6; 6:1; 8:2, 7 (x2); Ether 3:17, 18; 7:6; 9:3, 31; Moroni 1:2; 8:27)

Etymology

Gentilic of NEPHI. The singular (NEPHITE; see Alma 8:20; 19:18, 19; 20:10; 22:32; 49:25; 55:32; Helaman 4:7; 5:35; Moroni 1:2) functions only as a gentilic noun, not as an adjective.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐤𐐀𐐙𐐌𐐓𐐝, 𐐤𐐀𐐙𐐌𐐓, 𐐤𐐀𐐐𐐌𐐓𐐝

Notes

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