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|Apostle, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4)
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Apparently Greek, cf. NT timoeos, Timothy. Nibley notes that Timothy is an Ionian name and that the Greeks in Palestine were Ionians (as evidenced by the fact that the
'''Etymology'''
name for Greeks in Hebrew derives from this term) (ABM, 238, LID, 34). Sperry, Book of Mormon Testifies, p. 305, also made similar observations.


With a Greek presence in the Levant at least since the eighth century,119 it is possible that a Greek name could have been preserved by the Lehites. It is also possible
'''T<small>IMOTHY</small>''' derives from the Greek ''timotheos'', "honoring God" or "honored by God."
that the Mulekites were actually accompanied by an ethnic Greek, and/or that some Greek names were preserved by them.  


119 For a study of the relations between Assyria and Greece at an early state, see Giovani B. Lanfranchi, “The Ideological and Political Impact of the Assyrian Imperial
The occurrence of names of Greek origin suggests the possibility of Greek contacts with the eastern Mediterranean area in antiquity. Since the late second millennium B.C. Syrians and Phoenicians had trading contacts with the Aegean kingdoms, and in the first millennium B.C. Greek mercenaries and merchants maintained a significant and ongoing presence in Syro-Palestinian territories.<ref>[[Stephen D. Ricks]], "I Have a Question: The name of one of the Lord's disciples listed in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/19.4?lang=eng#3 3 Nephi 19:4]—'''T<small>IMOTHY</small>'''—seems to be Greek in origin. Is there an Explanation for the Appearance of a Greek Name in the Book of Mormon?" ''Ensign'' 22/10 (October 1992): 53-54.</ref> Alternatively, it is also possible that ethnic Greek mariners made contact with the Nephites before AD 30 and may have passed on Greek names.<ref>An analogous example can be seen among the ancient Mitanni, which were a Hurrian-speaking people that lived in northern Mesopotamia and wrote in cuneiform, but whose personal names suggest a link with South Asian—specifically Indic–culture and language; cf. P.-É. Dumont, “Indo-Aryan Names from Mitanni, Nuzi, and Syrian Documents,” ''Journal of the American Oriental Society'' 67 (1947): 251-53; Subash Kak, “Akhenaten, Surya, and the Rgveda,”  in G. C. Pande, ''A Golden Chain of Civilizations: Indic, Iranic, Semitic and Hellenic up to 600 B.C.'' in History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization 1:4 (New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2007), 618-38.</ref>
Expansion on the Greek World in the 8th and 7th Centuries BC,” The Heirs of Assyria, Melammu Symposia I, ed. Sanna Aro and R. M. Whiting (Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian
Text Corpus Project, 2000), 7-34. For instance, “by the second half of the 7th century, a slow but progressive decline of the Phœnician trade took place in favour of the  
Greek” (p. 9), including battles between the Assyrians and the Greeks as early as the late 8th century, indicating that Greek influence become more prominent in the
Levant at about the same time Lehi was born and founded his own family.


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'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐓𐐆𐐣𐐄𐐛𐐆 (tɪmoʊθɪ)
 
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Latest revision as of 17:01, 21 November 2015

Lehite PN 1. NEPHITE disciple (3 Nephi 19:4)

Etymology

TIMOTHY derives from the Greek timotheos, "honoring God" or "honored by God."

The occurrence of names of Greek origin suggests the possibility of Greek contacts with the eastern Mediterranean area in antiquity. Since the late second millennium B.C. Syrians and Phoenicians had trading contacts with the Aegean kingdoms, and in the first millennium B.C. Greek mercenaries and merchants maintained a significant and ongoing presence in Syro-Palestinian territories.[1] Alternatively, it is also possible that ethnic Greek mariners made contact with the Nephites before AD 30 and may have passed on Greek names.[2]

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐓𐐆𐐣𐐄𐐛𐐆 (tɪmoʊθɪ)

Notes

  1. ↑ Stephen D. Ricks, "I Have a Question: The name of one of the Lord's disciples listed in 3 Nephi 19:4—TIMOTHY—seems to be Greek in origin. Is there an Explanation for the Appearance of a Greek Name in the Book of Mormon?" Ensign 22/10 (October 1992): 53-54.
  2. ↑ An analogous example can be seen among the ancient Mitanni, which were a Hurrian-speaking people that lived in northern Mesopotamia and wrote in cuneiform, but whose personal names suggest a link with South Asian—specifically Indic–culture and language; cf. P.-É. Dumont, “Indo-Aryan Names from Mitanni, Nuzi, and Syrian Documents,” Journal of the American Oriental Society 67 (1947): 251-53; Subash Kak, “Akhenaten, Surya, and the Rgveda,” in G. C. Pande, A Golden Chain of Civilizations: Indic, Iranic, Semitic and Hellenic up to 600 B.C. in History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization 1:4 (New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2007), 618-38.
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