JERUSALEM

Biblical GN	1.	City and (in Lachish Letters) land (1 Nephi 1:4; Moroni 10:31)
Lehite GN	2.	City and land, ca. 90 BC (Alma 21:1–2), covered by water ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 9:7)
	3.	Prophetic city of future, the “New Jerusalem” (3 Nephi 20:22; Ether 13:10)

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Etymology

In contrast to the popular beliefs based on hasty, superficial but untenable derivations, there is still quite a discussion about the etymology of “JERUSALEM” among those who study onomastica. For a rigorous discussion of the etymology of “JERUSALEM” see *.

Variants

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