MESSIAH

Biblical DN

An Aramaic word meaning the anointed (1 Nephi 1:19; 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).