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29 January 2011

• 19:4419:44, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,062‎ N ANTIPAS ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡ANTIPAS Lehite GN Mountain on Lamanite border, ca. 72 BC (Alma 47:7, 9–10) It is possible that this GN is related to the Greek PN recorded in Revelation 2:13, Anti..."
• 19:4219:42, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,221‎ N ANTIPARAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>ANTIPARAH Nephite GN City on Lamanite border, ca. 65 BC (Alma 56:14; 57:4) If the name can be divided anti- (for which see Anti-Nephi-Lehi) and -parah, it may be that t..."
• 19:4119:41, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,004‎ N ANTIONUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>ANTIONUM Nephite PN & GN 1. General, ca. 385 AD (Mormon 6:14) 2. Zoramite land, ca. 75 BC (Alma 31:3; 43:22) The name of the city may derive from the gold Antion (A..."
• 19:3819:38, 29 January 2011 diff hist +745‎ N ANTIONAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>ANTIONAH Nephite PN A ruler in Ammonihah, ca. 82 BC (Alma 12:20) If Antionah is to be divided anti- and -onah, then perhaps the first element is identical to anti in An..."
• 19:3619:36, 29 January 2011 diff hist +3,573‎ N ANTION ‎ Created page with "<pre>ANTION Lehite common noun Gold measure, or rate of exchange for gold; = 3 shiblons (Alma 11:19 = 1½ senines of gold = 1½ measures of grain (Alma 11:7, 15). This te..."
• 19:3419:34, 29 January 2011 diff hist +590‎ N ANTIOMNO ‎ Created page with "<pre>ANTIOMNO Lamanite PN King of land of Middoni, 1st c. BC (Alma 20:4) If the name is to be divided into anti- and -omno, the first part of this PN, anti, may be the same ..."
• 19:3219:32, 29 January 2011 diff hist +225‎ N ANTINEPHILEHIES ‎ Created page with "<pre>ANTINEPHILEHIES Lamanite gentilic Followers of Lamanite king AntiNephiLehi (q.v.), who took his name from them; also called “people of AntiNephiLehi” 2nd c. BC (..."
• 19:2819:28, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,378‎ N ANTINEPHILEHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>ANTINEPHILEHI Lamanite title/PN & gentilic 1. King whose father had converted, also brother of Lamoni, ca. 83 BC (Alma 24:3, 5) 2. “People of AntiNephiLehi”, sub..."
• 19:2719:27, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,105‎ N ANI-ANTI ‎ Created page with "<pre>ANI-ANTI Lamanite GN Village, 1st c. BC (Alma 21:11) Possibly a GN from an indigenous people. Also, possibly Egyptian. See the ʿn.tj names in Ranke, I, p. 69–70. No..."
• 19:2519:25, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,451‎ N ANGOLA ‎ Created page with "<pre>ANGOLA Nephite GN City, ca. 327–8 AD (Mormon 2:4) If the root is Semitic, then possibly it may be derived from the common North-West Semitic ʾyn, a particle meaning ..."
• 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..."