MOSES
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Biblical PN | 1. | Hebrew prophet, ca. 15th c. BC (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
The name has plausible etymologies in both Hebrew and EGYPTIAN. It may have been intended to have both meanings. (This may be true of other Book of Mormon names as well.) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.
See also Moses / Mose Variants
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