Ammon / Ammen Variant

Variant spelling of AMMON

Aaron

Alma 23:6

O, P: Aaron > Ammon

1830-1981: Ammon

Discussion: Aaron was corrected by Cowdery to Ammon in both O and P.

Acceptability: Ammon is the correct form for this.

Source: ATV 4: 2083-84.

Ammen

Alma 24:5

O: Ammen

P-1981: Ammon

Discussion: Spelled Ammen by Cowdery in O.

Acceptability: Scribal error; Ammon correct.

Source: ATV 4: 2098-99, 6:3597.

Ammen

Alma 31:32

O: Ammen > to Ammon

P-1981: Ammon

Discussion: Spelled Ammen by Cowdery, but immediately changed to Ammon in O.

Acceptability: Scribal error; correct form is Ammon.

Source: ATV 4:2098-99, 6:3597.

Other occurrences not discussed in ATV: 2 Nephi 21:14; Mosiah 7:3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 16; 8:2, 5, 6 (2x), 13, 16, 19; 21:22, 23, 25, 26, 28 (2x), 29, 32, 33, 36; 22:1, 11; 27:34; Alma 17:18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (2x), 25 (2x), 27 (2x), 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39; 18:2, 10 (2x), 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28 (2x), 30, 32, 34, 36; 19:2, 3, 6, 9, 10; 62:17, 27, 29; 3:12; 5:21; Ether 12:15

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AMINIDAS [A mistake for AMMONIHAH in PM of Alma 8:6–9, 14, 16?]

AMINIDAS. A corruption of “AMMON,” a common EGYPTIAN name. Nibley, ABM, p. 235.