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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
In the Book of Mormon the biblical PN ''' | In the Book of Mormon the biblical PN '''R<small>EDEEMER</small>''' is used to refer to the person who delivers or saves the people from their sins. It is not a transliteration into Roman characters of a biblical PN but a translation into English of what may be based on the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''gōʾēl'', "redeemer; avenger." In [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/37.9?lang=eng#8 Alma 37:9], '''R<small>EDEEMER</small>''' is identified with [[JESUS|J<small>ESUS</small>]] [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]]: "they brought them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and to rejoice in Jesus Christ their Redeemer" (cf. also [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/5.12?lang=eng#11 Helaman 5:12]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/5.26?lang=eng#25 3 Nephi 5:26]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/10.10?lang=eng#9 10:10]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/moro/8.8?lang=eng#7 Moroni 8:8]). | ||
'''Variants''' | '''Variants''' | ||
Revision as of 12:31, 13 March 2014
| Biblical PN | 1. | Person who saves or delivers the people (1 Nephi 10:5, 6, 14; 11:27; 15:14 (x2); 17:30; 19:18, 23; 20:17; 21:7, 26; 22:12; 2 Nephi 1:10; 2:3; 6:11, 18; 10:2; 11:2; 28:5; 31:17; Enos 1:27; Mosiah 18:30; 26:26; 27:30, 36; Alma 7:7; 19:13; 28:8; 37:9, 10; 61:14; Helaman 5:11, 12; 15:13; 3 Nephi 5:26; 10:10; 16:4; 22:5, 8; Moroni 8:8). |
Etymology
In the Book of Mormon the biblical PN REDEEMER is used to refer to the person who delivers or saves the people from their sins. It is not a transliteration into Roman characters of a biblical PN but a translation into English of what may be based on the HEBREW gōʾēl, "redeemer; avenger." In Alma 37:9, REDEEMER is identified with JESUS CHRIST: "they brought them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and to rejoice in Jesus Christ their Redeemer" (cf. also Helaman 5:12; 3 Nephi 5:26; 10:10; Moroni 8:8).
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐡𐐀𐐔𐐀𐐣𐐇𐐡 (riːdiːmɛr)
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