EGYPTIAN(S)

Biblical gentilic

1.

The people and language of EGYPT (1 Nephi 1:2; 4:3; 17:23, 27; 2 Nephi 21:15; Mosiah 1:4; Alma 29:12; 36:28; Helaman 8:11; Mormon 9:32)

Etymology

1) Gentilic of EGYPT (1 Nephi 1:2; 4:3; 17:23, 27; Mosiah 1:4; Alma 29:12; 36:28; Helaman 8:11)

2) Noun indicating the EGYPTIAN script (or, possibly, language) (Mormon 9:32)

3) Adjective (2 Nephi 21:15 = Isaiah 11:15)

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐀𐐖𐐆𐐑𐐟𐐊𐐤𐐞 (idʒɪpʃʌnz), 𐐀𐐖𐐆𐐑𐐟𐐊𐐤 (idʒɪpʃʌn)

Notes

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