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|Army leader, ca. 340 AD ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/moro/9.2?lang=eng#1 Moroni 9:2])
|[[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] army leader ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/moro/9.2?lang=eng#1 Moroni 9:2])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


It is possible that this word is Greek in origin. Greeks were known to have served as mercenaries in the Levant already during the [[ASSYRIAN|A<small>SSYRIAN</small>]] hegemony, and possibly as early as the reign of King [[DAVID|D<small>AVID</small>]], if the Cherethites first mentioned in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_sam/30/14#14 1 Samuel 30:14] are Cretans, though there is still much debate about this. Note the later Palmyrene and Jewish Aramaic word ''ʾrkwn'' from the Greek ἄρχων, “chief civil magistrate” (DNWSI 109).
The PN '''ARCHEANTUS''' may be of Greek origin, possible from the Greek ἂρχων, "chief civil magistrate"; cf. Palmyrene and Jewish Aramiac word ''ʾrkwn'' from ἂρχων.<ref>J. Hoftijzer and K. Jongeling, ''Dictionary of North-west Semitic Inscriptions'', (Leiden" Brill, 1995), 109.</ref> The name may also derive from the Greek ''arche'', "magistracy; power, dominion."A Hebrew or  Semitic origin for this name does not readily suggest itself.


Less likely are etymologies based on other West Semitic languages. Confer the Punic epithet of the god Eshmun, the Ammonite (?) word for young cow, and West Semitic word for road, ''ʾrḥ'' (DNWSI 106–7). The root ''ʾrk'' appears with several meanings in West Semitic, “to be numerous,” “length,” and in Palmyrene, “magistracy,” as a borrowed word from Greek ἀρχή.   ''ʿrk'' means “to put in order; valuation” (DNWSI 887–888), and ''ʿrq'' means “to meet; meeting”(DNWSI 889).
The occurrence of names of Greek origin suggests Hellenic contacts with the eastern Mediterranean in antiquity. Since the late second millennium B.C. Syrians and Phoenicians had trading contracts 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, thereby providing opportunities for Greek titles and names to be transferred to the eastern Mediterranean. Alternatively, it is also possible that Greek titles and names may have resulted from cultural contact with the New World from a later period of time.


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''
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'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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Nephite PN 1. NEPHITE army leader (Moroni 9:2)

Etymology

The PN ARCHEANTUS may be of Greek origin, possible from the Greek ἂρχων, "chief civil magistrate"; cf. Palmyrene and Jewish Aramiac word ʾrkwn from ἂρχων.[1] The name may also derive from the Greek arche, "magistracy; power, dominion."A Hebrew or Semitic origin for this name does not readily suggest itself.

The occurrence of names of Greek origin suggests Hellenic contacts with the eastern Mediterranean in antiquity. Since the late second millennium B.C. Syrians and Phoenicians had trading contracts 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, thereby providing opportunities for Greek titles and names to be transferred to the eastern Mediterranean. Alternatively, it is also possible that Greek titles and names may have resulted from cultural contact with the New World from a later period of time.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐂𐐡𐐗𐐀𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐊𐐝 (ɑːrkiːæntʌs)

Notes

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  1. ↑ J. Hoftijzer and K. Jongeling, Dictionary of North-west Semitic Inscriptions, (Leiden" Brill, 1995), 109.
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