ISABEL
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Lehite PN | 1. | A female PN in the Book of Mormon of a harlot who caused ALMA the Younger's son CORIANTON to abandon his mission and follow her into the land of SIRON (Alma 39:3). |
Etymology
The PN ISABEL is a variant spelling of biblical Jezebel, from the Hebrew ʾîzebel, “where is (the) Prince?”[1] (The King James spelling follows the Septuagint, ιεζαβελ, not the Hebrew.)
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐆𐐝𐐈𐐒𐐇𐐢 (ɪsæbɛl)
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