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29 January 2011
- 19:2319:23, 29 January 2011 diff hist +125 N ANATHOTH Created page with "<pre>*ANATHOTH Biblical GN A priestly city (2 Nephi 20:30) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
- 19:2119:21, 29 January 2011 diff hist +146 N AMULONITES Created page with "<pre>AMULONITES Nephite gentilic Descendants of Amulon (q.v.) and his followers, 2nd c. BC (Alma 21:3–4; 24:29) Gentilic of Amulon</pre>"
- 19:1919:19, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,577 N AMULON Created page with "<pre>AMULON Nephite PN 1. Priest of King Noah, made king of lands of Amulon and Helam by King Laman, 2nd c. BC (Mosiah 23:32; Alma 25:8) Nephite GN 2. Land settled by..."
- 19:1019:10, 29 January 2011 diff hist +129 N AMOZ Created page with "<pre>*AMOZ Biblical PN Father of Isaiah (2 Nephi 12:1; 23:1) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
- 19:0919:09, 29 January 2011 diff hist +220 N AMOS Created page with "<pre>‡AMOS Nephite PN 1. Scribe, ca. 110–194 AD (4 Nephi 1:19, 21) 2. Scribe, son (descendant?) of No. 1, ca. 194–306 AD (4 Nephi 1:21, 47) For the etymology see..."
- 19:0819:08, 29 January 2011 diff hist +400 N AMORON Created page with "<pre>AMORON Nephite PN Soldier, late 4th c. AD (Moroni 9:7) Amoron is most likely a late variant of the earlier Amaron or Ammoron. See the same for a discussion of the etymo..."
- 19:0519:05, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,477 N AMNOR Created page with "<pre>AMNOR Nephite PN & noun 1. Captain, ca. 87 BC (Alma 2:22) 2. Silver currency, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:6, 11) It is likely that two etymologies must be prop..."
- 19:0219:02, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,432 N AMNIHU Created page with "<pre>AMNIHU Nephite GN Hill, ca. 87 BC (Alma 2:15) Given the tendency to name places after people, it is likely that Amnihu was originally a PN. The most likely etymology wo..."
- 19:0019:00, 29 January 2011 diff hist +728 N AMNIGADDAH Created page with "<pre>AMNIGADDAH Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:14–15; 10:31) Without knowing the cultural and linguistic antecedents of Jaredite, it is at best speculative to offer etymologies ..."
- 18:5818:58, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,432 N AMMORON Created page with "<pre>AMMORON Lehite PN Traitor, became king of the Lamanites; brother of Amalickiah, descended from Zoram. Ca. 66–61 BC (Alma 52:3; Helaman 1:16) Two different sets of etymo..."
- 18:5618:56, 29 January 2011 diff hist +168 N AMMONITES Created page with "<pre>‡AMMONITES Lehite gentilic Nephite term for converts of Ammon (No. 2), also called “people of Ammon,” ca. 65 BC (Alma 56:57; 57:6) Gentilic of Ammon</pre>"
- 18:5418:54, 29 January 2011 diff hist +109 N AMMONIHAHITES Created page with "<pre>AMMONIHAHITES Lehite gentilic Inhabitants of Ammonihah (q.v.) (Alma 16:9) Gentilic of Ammonihah</pre>"
- 18:5318:53, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,058 N AMMONIHAH Created page with "<pre>AMMONIHAH Lehite PN 1. Chief Judge, ca. 82 BC (Alma 14:4) (Is this because he was the 1st inhabitant (Alma 8:7)? I couldn't find him named specifically, other than ..."
- 18:4818:48, 29 January 2011 diff hist +3,541 N AMMON Created page with "<pre>AMMON Mulekite PN 1. Explorer, ca. 121 BC (Mosiah 7:3; 22:11) Lehite PN 2. Son of Mosiah II, ca. 91 BC (Mosiah 27:34, Ether 12:15) 3. “people of Ammon”, N..."
- 18:4118:41, 29 January 2011 diff hist +640 N AMMARON Created page with "<pre> AMMARON Lehite PN Historian, ca. 306 AD (4 Nephi 1:47; Mormon 4:23) Ammaron could be a variant of Amaron (see above). However, if the double m is to be taken seriously, ..."
- 18:4018:40, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,667 N AMMAH Created page with "<pre>‡AMMAH Lehite PN Missionary, ca. 91 BC (Alma 20:2; 21:11) The most likely root of Ammah seems to be ʿmm, a common Semitic kinship term meaning variously “people, cla..."
- 18:3718:37, 29 January 2011 diff hist +121 N AMLICITES Created page with "<pre>AMLICITES Lehite gentilic Rebel followers of Amlici (q.v.), ca. 87 BC (Alma 2:11; 3:20) Gentilic of Amlici </pre>"
- 18:3618:36, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,286 N AMLICI Created page with "<pre>AMLICI Lehite PN Nephite rebel, of the order of Nehors, 1st c. BC (Alma 2:1; 2:31) If the pronunciation “ăm´li-sī” is correct, then a derivation from the root (?) ..."
- 18:3218:32, 29 January 2011 diff hist +747 N AMINADI Created page with "<pre>AMINADI Lehite PN Prophet, ancestor of Amulek, hence between ca. 6th–2nd c. BC (Alma 10:2–3) Aminadi is to be compared with Abinadi, with the substitution of ʿm “p..."
- 18:3018:30, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,156 N AMINADAB Created page with "<pre>‡AMINADAB Lehite PN Rebel, went over to Lamanites, dwelt in LehiNephi, ca. 30 BC (Helaman 5:39, 41) Aminadab is identical to the biblical PN Amminadab. For the etymolog..."