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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
It is possible that this [[Geographical Name|GN]] is related to the Greek PN recorded in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/rev/2/13#13 Revelation 2:13], '''A<small>NTIPAS</small>''', a common hypocoristic form for ''*anti'patros'', “like (his) father” (cf. ''*anti'pais'', “like a child; a mere boy”), an extremely common Greek name or epithet. Note the Greek city name ''antipatri's'', “belonging to Antipater,” a city built by Herod the Great in memory of his father (Josephus, ''Antiquities of the Jews'' 16:142ff.). | It is possible that this [[Geographical Name|GN]] is related to the Greek [[Personal Name|PN]] recorded in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/rev/2/13#13 Revelation 2:13], '''A<small>NTIPAS</small>''', a common hypocoristic form for ''*anti'patros'', “like (his) father” (cf. ''*anti'pais'', “like a child; a mere boy”), an extremely common Greek name or epithet. Note the Greek city name ''antipatri's'', “belonging to Antipater,” a city built by Herod the Great in memory of his father (Josephus, ''Antiquities of the Jews'' 16:142ff.). | ||
It is also possible that the [[Geographical Name|GN]] is composed of two elements, ''anti-'' and ''-pas''. For the first element see the discussion under [[ANTI-NEPHI-LEHI|A<small>NTI-NEPHI-LEHI</small>]]. For ''-pas'', cf. Nabatean ''ps'', “part, portion,” Punic ''ps'', “tablet,” or Nabatean ''ps͂s͂'', “to be divided, to be violated, to be separated” ([[J. Hoftijzer, and K. Jongeling, Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions. 2nd ed. HOSANE/HOSNME 21 Leiden/N.Y.: Brill, 2003.|''DNWSI'']] 921 & 931). | It is also possible that the [[Geographical Name|GN]] is composed of two elements, ''anti-'' and ''-pas''. For the first element see the discussion under [[ANTI-NEPHI-LEHI|A<small>NTI-NEPHI-LEHI</small>]]. For ''-pas'', cf. Nabatean ''ps'', “part, portion,” Punic ''ps'', “tablet,” or Nabatean ''ps͂s͂'', “to be divided, to be violated, to be separated” ([[J. Hoftijzer, and K. Jongeling, Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions. 2nd ed. HOSANE/HOSNME 21 Leiden/N.Y.: Brill, 2003.|''DNWSI'']] 921 & 931). | ||
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| Lehite GN | 1. | Mountain on LAMANITE border, ca. 72 BC (Alma 47:7, 9, 10) |
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Etymology
It is possible that this GN is related to the Greek PN recorded in Revelation 2:13, ANTIPAS, a common hypocoristic form for *anti'patros, “like (his) father” (cf. *anti'pais, “like a child; a mere boy”), an extremely common Greek name or epithet. Note the Greek city name antipatri's, “belonging to Antipater,” a city built by Herod the Great in memory of his father (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 16:142ff.).
It is also possible that the GN is composed of two elements, anti- and -pas. For the first element see the discussion under ANTI-NEPHI-LEHI. For -pas, cf. Nabatean ps, “part, portion,” Punic ps, “tablet,” or Nabatean ps͂s͂, “to be divided, to be violated, to be separated” (DNWSI 921 & 931).
Cf. Book of Mormon ANI-ANTI, ANTIOMNO, ANTION, ANTIONAH, ANTIONUM, ANTIPARAH, ANTIPUS, ANTUM, ANTI-NEPHI-LEHI, CORIANTON, CORIANTOR, CORIANTUM, CORIANTUMR, GADIANDI, GADIANTON, IRREANTUM, LEHONTI, MORIANTON, MORIANTUM, ONTI(ES), SEANTUM.
See also Antipas / Antipus Variant
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐆𐐑𐐊𐐝 (æntɪpʌs)
Notes
