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29 January 2011

  • 23:0823:08, 29 January 2011 diff hist +269 N GILGAHCreated page with "<pre>GILGAH Jaredite PN Son of JARED (Ether 6:14) No etymology is suggested. It is doubtful if this name is related to biblical/Jaredite PN GILEAD. GILGAL, a NEPHITE GN and P..."
  • 23:0723:07, 29 January 2011 diff hist +104 N GILEADCreated page with "<pre>GILEAD Jaredite PN Rebel leader (Ether 14:8) See GILEAD in standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 23:0623:06, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,359 N GIDGIDDONICreated page with "<pre>GIDGIDDONI Lehite PN General, ca. 4th c. AD (Mormon 6:13) For the reduplication of gd, see Numbers 33:32, or Hor-hagidgad.54 A connection with GID, GIDDIANHI, GIDDONAH, a..."
  • 23:0423:04, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,217 N GIDGIDDONAHCreated page with "<pre>GIDGIDDONAH Lehite PN General, ca. 4th c. AD (Mormon 6:13) For the reduplication of gd, see Numbers 33:32, Hor-hagidgad.51 GIDGIDDONI and GIDGIDDONAH may somehow be de..."
  • 23:0223:02, 29 January 2011 diff hist +479 N GIDEONCreated page with "<pre>GIDEON Lehite PN & GN 1. Patriot, captain, from city of NEPHI, ca. 2nd century BC (Mosiah 19:4; Alma 14:16 2. City and land, ca. 1st century B.C. (Alma 6:7; Helam..."
  • 23:0023:00, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,040 N GIDDONAH/GIDANAHCreated page with "<pre>GIDDONAH/GIDANAH Lehite PN 1. GIDANAH, Nephite son of ISHMAEL, and father of AMULEK, who lived ca. 82 BC (Alma 10:2 has P ms GIDANAH, and GIDDONAH ..."
  • 22:5922:59, 29 January 2011 diff hist +379 N GIDDIANHICreated page with "<pre>GIDDIANHI Lehite PN GADIANTON robber-chief, between 1 and 30 AD (3 Nephi 3:9; 4:14) See the discussion of GID above. The last part of the name, either -ANHI or IANHI rema..."
  • 22:5722:57, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,501 N GIDCreated page with "<pre>GID Lehite PN 1. Officer, 1st century BC (Alma 57:28; 58:23) Lehite GN 2. City, ca. 67 BC (Alma 51:26; Helaman 5:15) Cf. the KJV GN Gidom = infinitive construct Hebrew g..."
  • 22:5322:53, 29 January 2011 diff hist +236 N GIBEAHCreated page with "<pre>GIBEAH Biblical GN A hill or hill-town of BENJAMIN (2 Nephi 20:29‖Isaiah 10:29; Hosea 5:8) Hebrew gib‘a “Hill” (=gib ‘at-šā’ûl “Saul’s Hill”) For th..."
  • 22:5222:52, 29 January 2011 diff hist +103 N GEBIMCreated page with "<pre>GEBIM Biblical GN A village NE of Jerusalem (2 Nephi 20:31‖Isaiah 10:31) Hebrew gēbîm</pre>"
  • 22:5122:51, 29 January 2011 diff hist +196 N GEBACreated page with "<pre>GEBA Biblical GN A Judean fortress and city on a steep hill (2 Nephi 20:29‖ Isaiah 10:29) Hebrew GN geba` > Arabic jaba`. For the etymology see the standard biblical c..."
  • 22:5022:50, 29 January 2011 diff hist +3,754 N GAZELEMCreated page with "<pre>GAZELEM Lehite PN or common noun A servant of God, or stone directors/interpreters. (Alma 37:21, 23-24). Lehite prophetic name for a..."
  • 22:4422:44, 29 January 2011 diff hist +64 GALLIMNo edit summary
  • 22:4322:43, 29 January 2011 diff hist +3 GALILEENo edit summary
  • 22:4322:43, 29 January 2011 diff hist +80 GALILEENo edit summary
  • 22:4222:42, 29 January 2011 diff hist +217 N GALLIMCreated page with "<pre>GALLIM Biblical GN A town north of Jerusalem (2 Nephi 20:30‖Isaiah 10:30) Hebrew gallîm, possibly identical with the town in 1 Samuel 25:44.33 For the etymology see th..."
  • 22:4122:41, 29 January 2011 diff hist +404 N GALILEECreated page with "<pre>GALILEE Biblical GN A region just north of Judea in Palestine (2 Nephi 18:23, 19:1 _ Isaiah 8:23, 9:1) Hebrew gālîl, gālîlâ, from the root gl..."
  • 22:3922:39, 29 January 2011 diff hist +426 N GADIOMNAHCreated page with "<pre>GADIOMNAH Lehite GN City, ca. 6 BC (3 Nephi 9:8) Most likely the name is composed of gād, “fortune, luck, riches,” and with a second element, either -IOMNAH or -OMNA..."
  • 22:3822:38, 29 January 2011 diff hist +42 GADIANDINo edit summary
  • 22:3722:37, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,700 N GADIANTON/GADDIANTONCreated page with "<pre>GADIANTON/GADDIANTON Lehite PN Rebel, thief, and murderer, head of secret band of robbers and assassins, mid-1st century BC (Helaman 2:4; Mormon 2:28). GADDIANT..."
  • 22:3522:35, 29 January 2011 diff hist +226 N GADIANTON('S) ROBBERSCreated page with "<pre>GADIANTON(’S) ROBBERS Lehite gentilic Lehite name for a robber band, also called GADIANTON’S band/robbers and murderers; named after rebel GADIANTON (Helaman 6:18) Se..."
  • 22:3322:33, 29 January 2011 diff hist +631 N GADIANDICreated page with "<pre>GADIANDI Lehite GN City, ca. 6 BC (3 Nephi 9:8) This name may be an expansion of the biblical PN GAD (which see), and perhaps related to the PN GADIANTON (which see). It ..."
  • 22:3222:32, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,189 N EZROM/EZRUMCreated page with "<pre>EZROM/EZRUM Lehite noun Silver measure, ca. 82 BC, equal to four SENUMS of silver (or four measures of grain) and equal..."
  • 22:3022:30, 29 January 2011 diff hist +734 N EZIAS/EZAIASCreated page with "<pre>†EZIAS/EZAIAS Brass Plates PN An Old World prophet (Helaman 8:20). EZIAS is a printer’s error in the 1830 ed. “Orson Pratt suggests. . . that ‘EZIAS may have been ..."
  • 22:2822:28, 29 January 2011 diff hist +131 N EVECreated page with "<pre>*EVE Biblical PN First woman (1 Nephi 5:11; 2 Nephi 2:19) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
  • 22:2722:27, 29 January 2011 diff hist +680 N ETHERCreated page with "<pre>‡ETHER Jaredite PN Prophet, prince, historian (Ether 1:2; 15:34) No etymology is suggested. If Jaredite names can be traced to Semitic roots, then the Hebrew GN ETHER ..."
  • 22:2622:26, 29 January 2011 diff hist +314 N ETHEM/ETHAMCreated page with "<pre>ETHEM/ETHAM Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:8-9; 11:14) No etymology is suggested. Cf. the biblical Hebrew place-name Etham in Exodus 13:20 and Numbers 33:6-8 (JAT). Cf. Book..."
  • 22:2522:25, 29 January 2011 diff hist +623 N ESROMCreated page with "<pre>‡ESROM Jaredite PN Prince (Ether 8:4) No etymology is suggested here. Unless the Book of Mormon critical text reveals variant spellings, it is unlikely that this Jaredi..."
  • 22:2422:24, 29 January 2011 diff hist +170 N EPHRAIMCreated page with "<pre>‡EPHRAIM Jaredite GN 1. A hill (Ether 7:9) Biblical PN 2. Son of JOSEPH (2 Nephi 17:2; 21:13) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
  • 22:2322:23, 29 January 2011 diff hist +138 N EPHAHCreated page with "<pre>*EPHAH Biblical noun A measure for dry substances (2 Nephi 15:10) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
  • 22:2022:20, 29 January 2011 diff hist +152 N ENOSCreated page with "<pre>‡ENOS Lehite PN Scribe, late 6th c. or early 5th c. BC (Jacob 7:27; Jarom 1:1) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 22:1922:19, 29 January 2011 diff hist +67 EMERNo edit summary
  • 22:1922:19, 29 January 2011 diff hist +429 N EMRONCreated page with "<pre>EMRON Lehite PN Soldier, 4th c. AD (Moroni 9:2) This PN may be a hypocoristicon of the Semitic vocabel אmr, “to speak,” and means “Word (of DN)” or “(DN) has s..."
  • 22:1722:17, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,164 N EMERCreated page with "<pre>EMER Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:28; 9:21) No etymology is suggested If ancient Mesopotamian languages may be appealed to, the following may be considered. There was a cit..."
  • 22:1622:16, 29 January 2011 diff hist +141 N ELIJAHCreated page with "<pre>*ELIJAH Biblical PN Old Testament Prophet, ca. 900 BC (3 Nephi 25:5) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
  • 22:1522:15, 29 January 2011 diff hist +160 N ELAMCreated page with "<pre>*ELAM Biblical GN A country east of Babylonia, in the Iranian highlands (2 Nephi 21:11) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
  • 22:1522:15, 29 January 2011 diff hist +180 N EGYPTIAN(S)Created page with "<pre>*EGYPTIAN(S) Biblical gentilic The people and language of EGYPT (1 Nephi 1:2; Mormon 9:32) Gentilic of EGYPT For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 22:1422:14, 29 January 2011 diff hist +164 N EGYPTCreated page with "<pre>*EGYPT Biblical GN Country along the Nile River, in North Africa (1 Nephi 5:14; Ether 13:7) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 22:1322:13, 29 January 2011 diff hist +155 N EDOMCreated page with "<pre>*EDOM Biblical GN A country in Mount Seir, southeast of the Dead Sea (2 Nephi 21:14) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries</pre>"
  • 22:1222:12, 29 January 2011 diff hist +203 N EDENCreated page with "<pre>*EDEN Biblical GN Plain on the east side of which was the Garden of EDEN (2 Nephi 2:19; Alma 42:2) For the etymology see the standard bib..."
  • 22:1022:10, 29 January 2011 diff hist +551 N DESOLATION OF NEHORSCreated page with "<pre>DESOLATION OF NEHORS Lehite GN City/land formerly known as AMMONIHAH, which had been destroyed by the LAMANITES, ca. 78 BC (Alma 16:11), and noted ..."
  • 22:0722:07, 29 January 2011 diff hist +171 N DESOLATIONCreated page with "<pre>DESOLATION Lehite GN City and Land, 1st c. BC (Alma 22:30; Ether 7:6) No reconstruction of a Vorlage is suggested. Cf. Book of Mormon DESOLATION of NEHORs </pre>"
  • 22:0622:06, 29 January 2011 diff hist +868 N DESERETCreated page with "<pre>DESERET Jaredite Noun “Honey-bee” (Ether 2:3) The Book of Mormon supplies its own meaning for this word. Since the Jaredite relationship with known languages has not..."
  • 22:0422:04, 29 January 2011 diff hist +218 N DAVIDCreated page with "<pre>‡DAVID Lehite GN 1. Land, ca. 327 AD (Mormon 2:5) Biblical PN 2. King of ISRAEL (2 Nephi 17; Jacob 2:24) Biblical Hebrew dwd. DAVID the king. For the etymology see th..."
  • 22:0422:04, 29 January 2011 diff hist +175 N DAMASCUSCreated page with "<pre>*DAMASCUS Biblical GN An ancient city of SYRIA (2 Nephi 17:8; 20:9) Hebrew Dammāśeq (Genesis 14:15). For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 22:0222:02, 29 January 2011 diff hist +146 N CUSHCreated page with "<pre>*CUSH Biblical GN The old name for the country of Ethiopia (2 Nephi 21:11) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 22:0122:01, 29 January 2011 diff hist +662 N CURELOMSCreated page with "<pre>CURELOMS Jaredite noun Animals, listed with Cumoms and elephants (Ether 9:19) No etymology is suggested. Whatever fauna Cureloms were, three criteria delimit the Englis..."
  • 22:0022:00, 29 January 2011 diff hist +7,199 N CUMORAHCreated page with "<pre>CUMORAH Lehite GN Land and hill, also known as Ramah (q.v.), located in a land of many waters (Mormon 6:2; 8:2) Cumorah could be a verbal noun from the Hebrew root whenc..."
  • 21:5221:52, 29 January 2011 diff hist +782 N CUMOMSCreated page with "<pre>CUMOMS Jaredite noun Animals, listed with Cureloms and elephants (Ether 9:19) No etymology is suggested. Whatever fauna Cumoms were, three criteria delimit the English ..."
  • 21:5121:51, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,052 N CUMENIHAHCreated page with "<pre>CUMENIHAH Lehite PN General, ca. 385 AD (Mormon 6:14) See the suggestions for Cumeni and the discussion in the introduction concerning “-hah.” If Cumeni is also a P..."
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