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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
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|Apostle, son of [[NEPHI|N<small>EPHI</small>]] no. 3, ca. 30 AD ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/19.4?lang=eng#3 3 Nephi 19:4])
|One of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus, son of [[NEPHI|N<small>EPHI</small>]]<sub>3</sub> (or possibly [[TIMOTHY|T<small>IMOTHY</small>]]), ca. 30 AD ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/19.4?lang=eng#3 3 Nephi 19:4])
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|Son of No. 1, also an Apostle, ca. 30 AD ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/19.4?lang=eng#3 3 Nephi 19:4])
|Another of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus, ca. 30 AD ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/19.4?lang=eng#3 3 Nephi 19:4])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


The PN '''JONAS''' may be the Greek form of the OT name Jonah, from the Hebrew ''yonah'', "dove."<ref>See Sperry, ''The Book of Mormon Testifies'', p. 305; cf. also [[Ludwig Koehler|Köhler]]-[[Walter Baumgartner|Baumgartner]] 2:402.</ref>  
The PN [[JONAS|J<small>ONAS</small>]] may be the Greek form of the [[Old Testament|OT]] name Jonah, from the Hebrew noun ''yônâh'', “dove.<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']], ; cf. Sperry, ''The Book of Mormon Testifies'', p. 305.</ref> Alternatively, '''J<small>ONAS</small>''' may be from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] '''' (<''yahweh'') + ''nēs'', “the Lord is a standard, banner; miracle.
 
Alternatively, J<small>ONAS</small> may be from the Hebrew ''yo'' (=Yahu) + ''nes'', "the Lord is a standard, banner."


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''


'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐖𐐄𐐤𐐊𐐝
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐖𐐄𐐤𐐊𐐝 (dʒoʊnʌs)


'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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Revision as of 18:38, 20 November 2015

Lehite PN 1. One of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus, son of NEPHI3 (or possibly TIMOTHY), ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4)
2. Another of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4)

Etymology

The PN JONAS may be the Greek form of the OT name Jonah, from the Hebrew noun yônâh, “dove.”[1] Alternatively, JONAS may be from the HEBREW (<yahweh) + nēs, “the Lord is a standard, banner; miracle.”

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐖𐐄𐐤𐐊𐐝 (dʒoʊnʌs)

Notes


  1. HALOT, ; cf. Sperry, The Book of Mormon Testifies, p. 305.
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