Jordan / Jordon Variant

Variant spelling of JORDAN

jordan

1 Nephi 10:9

O: jordan

P, 1830-1981: Jordan

Jorden

1 Nephi 17:32

O: Jorden

P: Jordon > Jordan

1830-1981: Jordan

Jordon

1 Nephi 17:32

O: Jorden

P: Jordon > Jordan

1830-1981: Jordan

2 Nephi 19:1

P: Jordon

1830: Jordan

Mormon 5:3

P: S2 Jordan > S1 Jordon

1830-1841, 1858, 1920, 1981: Jordan

1849-1852, 1879-1888, 1902-1907, 1911: Jordon

Discussion: For the first three occurrences (where it refers to the KJV Jordan), Jordan is misspelled. In Mormon 5:3, Scribe 2 wrote Jordan, then Scribe 1 corrected to Jordon in P. Although this could be a legitimate change for the city, because of Cowdery's other errors in spelling Jordan, it is likely that his correction is wrong here.

Summary: Maintain Jordan for all KJV instances and for the city, since it is most likely.

Source: ATV 2:729; 6:3579, 3627.