REDEEMER

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Biblical PN 1. Person who saves or delivers the people (1 Nephi 10:5, 6, 14; 11:27; 15:14 and passim).

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 (ridimɛr)

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