Jordan / Jordon Variant
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Variant spelling of JORDAN
1 Nephi 10:9=
- O: jordan
- P, 1830-1981: Jordan
1 Nephi 17:32
- O: Jorden
- P: Jordon > Jordan
- 1830-1981: Jordan
1 Nephi 17:32
- O: Jorden
- P: Jordon > Jordan
- 1830-1981: Jordan
2 Nephi 19:1
- P: Jordon
- 1830: Jordan
Mormon 5:3
- P: S2 Jordan > S1 Jordon
- 1830-1841, 1858, 1920, 1981: Jordan
- 1849-1852, 1879-1888, 1902-1907, 1911: Jordon
- Discussion: For the first three occurrences (where it refers to the KJV Jordan), Jordan is misspelled. In Mormon 5:3, Scribe 2 wrote Jordan, then Scribe 1 corrected to Jordon in P. Although this could be a legitimate change for the city, because of Cowdery's other errors in spelling Jordan, it is likely that his correction is wrong here.
Source: ATV 2:729; 6:3579, 3627.
