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|An Aramaic word meaning the anointed (1 Nephi 1:19; Helaman 8:13)
|A Hebrew word meaning "the anointed one." (1 Nephi 1:19, 10:4, 5, 7, 9; 15:13; 2 Nephi 2:6, 3:5, 25:18; Helaman 8:13)
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Biblical DN A Hebrew word meaning "the anointed one." (1 Nephi 1:19, 10:4, 5, 7, 9; 15:13; 2 Nephi 2:6, 3:5, 25:18; Helaman 8:13)

MESSIAH is a Hebrew word that may be translated as "anointed one." In the Book of Mormon it refers to the future mortal Jesus Christ (2 Nephi 25:19), a descendant of the tribe of Judah (2 Nephi 3:5), or the "Savior" (1 Nephi 10:4) or "Redeemer of the world." (1 Nephi 10:5; cf. 1 Nephi 1:19).