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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
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|Prophet and Scribe, late 6th c. or early 5th c. BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/jacob/7.27?lang=eng#26 Jacob 7:27]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/enos/1.1,%205,%206,%2011,%2017,%2019?lang=eng#primary Enos 1:1, 5, 6, 11, 17, 19]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/jarom/1.1?lang=eng#primary Jarom 1:1])
|Scribe, son of [[JACOB|J<small>ACOB</small>]], and father of [[JAROM|J<small>AROM</small>]], between 544-420 B.C. ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/jacob/7.27?lang=eng#26 Jacob 7:27]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/enos/1.1,%205,%206,%2011,%2017,%2019?lang=eng#primary Enos 1:1, 5, 6, 11, 17, 19]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/jarom/1.1?lang=eng#primary Jarom 1:1])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


'''ENOS''' was the son of the Book of Mormon prophet [[JACOB|J<small>ACOB</small>]]. Compare the KJ name E<small>NOS</small> from the Hebrew '' 'ĕnôš'', "men, humankind" (Köhler-Baumgartner, s.n.).  
KJV Enos = Hebrew ''ʼĕnôš'' "Man"<ref>LDS "Bible Dictionary," 665.</ref> ([ Genesis 4:26], [ 5:6-11]) = KJV Enosh ([ 1 Chronicles 1:1]). Matt Bowen argues for wordplay at the introduction of '''ENOS''' as son of a just "man" ''ʼĕnôš''.<ref>Bowen, "Wordplay on the Name 'Enos'," FARM's ''Insights'', #178, 26/3 (2006), online at http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=26&num=3&id=459.</ref>


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''
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'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite PN]]
[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite PN]]

Revision as of 15:36, 7 January 2013

Lehite PN 1. Scribe, son of JACOB, and father of JAROM, between 544-420 B.C. (Jacob 7:27; Enos 1:1, 5, 6, 11, 17, 19; Jarom 1:1)

Etymology

KJV Enos = Hebrew ʼĕnôš "Man"[1] ([ Genesis 4:26], [ 5:6-11]) = KJV Enosh ([ 1 Chronicles 1:1]). Matt Bowen argues for wordplay at the introduction of ENOS as son of a just "man" ʼĕnôš.[2]

Variants

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Notes


  1. LDS "Bible Dictionary," 665.
  2. Bowen, "Wordplay on the Name 'Enos'," FARM's Insights, #178, 26/3 (2006), online at http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=26&num=3&id=459.