MOSES

Biblical PN

1.

ISRAELITE leader and lawgiver (cf. 1 Nephi 4:2, 15; 5:11; 17:22, 24, 26, 29, 30, 42; 19:23; 22:20, 21; 2 Nephi 3:9, 10, 16, 17; 5:10; 11:4; 25:20, 24, 30; Jacob 4:5; 7:7 (x2); Jarom 1:5, 11; Mosiah 2:3; 3:14, 15; 12:28, 29, 31 (x3), 32, 33; 13:27 (x3), 28, 33; 16:14; 24:5; Alma 25:15 (x4), 16 (x2); 30:3 (x2); 31:9; 33:19; 34:7, 13; 45:19 (x2); Helaman 8:11, 13, 16; 13:1; 15:5; 3 Nephi 1:24; 9:17; 15:2, 4, 8; 20:23; 21:11; 25:4; 4 Nephi 1:12; Ether 12:11)

Etymology

MOSES is the name of an ancient ISRAELITE leader and lawgiver who led the ISRAELITES out of bondage in EGYPT (cf. Exodus 3:10). His name is mentioned sixty-three times in the Book of Mormon but is not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon.

See also Moses / Mose Variants

Variants

Mose, Mese, Meses, moses, Moscs

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐣𐐄𐐞𐐇𐐞 (moʊzɛz), 𐐣𐐅𐐞𐐇𐐞 (muːzɛz), 𐐣𐐃𐐞𐐇𐐞 (mɔːzɛz)

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