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|An Old World prophet ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/8.20?lang=eng#19 Helaman 8:20]). '''EZIAS''' is a printer’s error in the 1830 ed.
| Prophet who testified of the coming of [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]], apparently during the CLassical [[ISRAELITES|I<small>SRAELITE</small>]] period ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/8.20?lang=eng#19 Helaman 8:20]).
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'''Etymology'''
 
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>]] ''yĕšˁayāh(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). 


'''Etymology'''
As [[George Reynolds]] said: “Orson Pratt suggests. . . that ‘Ezias may have been identical with Esaias’,”<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Dictionary of the Book of Mormon'', 89.</ref> which would accord with the LXX and [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/3.3?lang=eng#2 Matthew 3:3] Ēsaias.  Since Esaias is listed in Jethro’s line of authority ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/84.11-13?lang=eng#10 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 [[Ezias/Ezaias Variant|E<small>ZAIAS</small>]] is a variant form for the NT rendering in Greek of [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]], Esaias (contra [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Based on this assumption, a Semitic root along the line of ''ʿz/ṣ(y)s/ś'' might prove fruitful.


“Orson Pratt suggests. . . that ‘Ezias may have been identical with Esaias’” ([[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Dictionary of the Book of Mormon, p. 89), which would accord with LXX and [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/matt/3/3#3 Matthew 3:3]
See [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]]
Ēsaias. Esaias is listed in Jethro’s line of authority ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/84/11-13#13 Doctrine and Covenants 84:11-13]), and therefore is 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 E<small>ZAIAS</small> is a variant form for the NT rendering in Greek of [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]], Esaias (contra [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Based on assumption, a
Semitic root along the line of ''ʿz''/''ṣ''(''y'')''s''/''ś'' might prove fruitful.


See also [[Ezias/Ezaias Variant]]
See also [[Ezias/Ezaias Variant]]
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Revision as of 18:22, 12 December 2013

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 yĕšˁayāh(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

Ezaias, Esias

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐀𐐞𐐌𐐊𐐝 (iːzaɪʌs)

Notes

  1. ↑ See for example, The Restored Covenant Edition (1999), and the Royal Skounsen’s Yale edition (2009).
  2. ↑ Y. Gitay, “Isaiah, the Book of,” in P. Achtemeier, ed., Harper’s Bible Dictionary, SBL, 426.
  3. ↑ LDS “Bible Dictionary,” 667, 707.
  4. ↑ Reynolds, Dictionary of the Book of Mormon, 89.
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