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The spelling '''EZIAS''' is an 1830 edition error made by the printer. The P MS reads [[Ezias/Ezaias Variant|E<small>ZAIAS</small>]]. This error continues in all editions, except the RLDS 1908 and a few others.<ref>See for example, ''The Restored Covenant Edition'' (1999), and the Royal Skounsen’s Yale edition (2009).</ref> | The spelling '''EZIAS''' is an 1830 edition error made by the printer. The P MS reads [[Ezias/Ezaias Variant|E<small>ZAIAS</small>]]. This error continues in all editions, except the RLDS 1908 and a few others.<ref>See for example, ''The Restored Covenant Edition'' (1999), and the Royal Skounsen’s Yale edition (2009).</ref> | ||
The correct spelling may reflect KJV NT PN Esaias = Greek ''hēsaias'' ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/3.3?lang=eng#2 Matthew 3:3]), which is simply another form of OT [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]] = [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] '' | The correct spelling may reflect KJV NT PN Esaias = Greek ''hēsaias'' ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/3.3?lang=eng#2 Matthew 3:3]), which is simply another form of OT [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]] = [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yĕšʿayāh(û)'' “Salvation of God<ref>Y. Gitay, “Isaiah, the Book of,” in P. Achtemeier, ed., ''Harper’s Bible Dictionary'', SBL, 426.</ref>;The Lord is salvation”<ref>LDS “Bible Dictionary,” 667, 707.</ref> ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/1.1?lang=eng#primary Isaiah 1:1]). | ||
The misspelling as hapax legomenon “Ezias” may follow KJV Apocrypha PN Ezias in 1 Esdras 8:2 (IV Ezra) ''Oziou'', ''Ozeiou'', ''Eziou'', ''Ezariou'' variants in the Greek Septuagint (LXX). | The misspelling as hapax legomenon “Ezias” may follow KJV Apocrypha PN Ezias in 1 Esdras 8:2 (IV Ezra) ''Oziou'', ''Ozeiou'', ''Eziou'', ''Ezariou'' variants in the Greek Septuagint (LXX). | ||
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| Biblical PN | 1. | Prophet who testified of the coming of CHRIST, apparently during the CLassical ISRAELITE period (Helaman 8:20). |
Etymology
The spelling EZIAS is an 1830 edition error made by the printer. The P MS reads EZAIAS. This error continues in all editions, except the RLDS 1908 and a few others.[1]
The correct spelling may reflect KJV NT PN Esaias = Greek hēsaias (Matthew 3:3), which is simply another form of OT ISAIAH = HEBREW yĕšʿayāh(û) “Salvation of God[2];The Lord is salvation”[3] (Isaiah 1:1).
The misspelling as hapax legomenon “Ezias” may follow KJV Apocrypha PN Ezias in 1 Esdras 8:2 (IV Ezra) Oziou, Ozeiou, Eziou, Ezariou variants in the Greek Septuagint (LXX).
As George Reynolds said: “Orson Pratt suggests. . . that ‘Ezias may have been identical with Esaias’,”[4] which would accord with the LXX and Matthew 3:3 Ēsaias. Since Esaias is listed in Jethro’s line of authority (Doctrine and Covenants 84:11-13), he is therefore a good candidate for the Old World prophet in the Book of Mormon. If this latter is the case, then it is doubtful that Book of Mormon EZAIAS is a variant form for the NT rendering in Greek of ISAIAH, Esaias (contra JAT). Based on this assumption, a Semitic root along the line of ʿz/ṣ(y)s/ś might prove fruitful.
See ISAIAH
See also Ezias/Ezaias Variant
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐀𐐞𐐌𐐊𐐝 (iːzaɪʌs)
Notes
