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| |An Old World prophet ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/8/20#20 Helaman 8:20]). EZIAS is a printer’s error in the 1830 ed.
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| “Orson Pratt suggests. . . that ‘EZIAS may have been identical with Esaias’” (Reynolds, Dictionary of the Book of Mormon, p. 89), which would accord with LXX and [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/matt/3/3#3 Matthew 3:3]
| | #REDIRECT [[EZIAS]] |
| Ēsaias. Esaias is listed in Jethro’s line of authority ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/84/11-13#13 Doctrine and Covenants 84:11-13]), and therefore is a good candidate for the Old World prophet in the Book of Mormon. If
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| this latter is the case, then it is doubtful that Book of Mormon EZAIAS is a variant form for the NT rendering in Greek of ISAIAH, Esaias (contra JAT). Based on assumption, a
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| Semitic root along the line of ʿz/ṣ(y)s/ś might prove fruitful.
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| See also [[Ezias/Ezaias Variant]]
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