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2 February 2011

• 23:1623:16, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,362‎ N PAHORAN ‎ Created page with "<pre>PAHORAN Lehite PN 1. Judge, son of Nephihah No. 1, ca. 68–53 BC (Alma 50:40; Helaman 1:2) 2. Judge, son of No. 1, d. 52 BC (Helaman 1:3; 2:3) In both Book of M..."
• 23:1423:14, 2 February 2011 diff hist +169‎ N PAGAG ‎ Created page with "<pre>PAGAG Jaredite PN Nephew of Jared (Ether 6:25–26) No etymology is suggested. Possibly cf. Book of Mormon Paanchi, Pacumeni, Pahoran, Pathros, Pachus. </pre>"
• 23:1423:14, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,160‎ N PACUMENI ‎ Created page with "<pre>PACUMENI Lehite PN Judge, son of Pahoran No. 1, ca. 52 BC (Helaman 1:3, 6, 13, 21) This name contains what appears to be a Jaredite element, kumen/cumen, and thus an E..."
• 23:1323:13, 2 February 2011 diff hist +495‎ N PACHUS ‎ Created page with "<pre>PACHUS Lehite PN Rebel king, leader of the king-men, ca. 63 BC (Alma 62:6–9) Nibley has suggested Egyptian p3-ḥsy, “he [DN] is praised” (LID, 30). Pachus is muc..."
• 23:1223:12, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,207‎ N PAANCHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>PAANCHI Lehite PN Contender for the Judgement seat, son of Pahoran No. 1, d. 52 BC (Helaman 1:3,7) Perhaps this is the name given to Joseph by Pharaoh, paʿnēaḥ, Pa..."
• 23:1023:10, 2 February 2011 diff hist +820‎ N ORIHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>ORIHAH Jaredite PN King, son of Jared (Ether 1:32; 7:1) No etymology is suggested. If Semitic languages can be appealed to for Jaredite etymologies, then it may be that..."
• 23:0923:09, 2 February 2011 diff hist +129‎ N OREB ‎ Created page with "<pre>*OREB Biblical GN A rock where Oreb fell (2 Nephi 20:26) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 23:0923:09, 2 February 2011 diff hist +141‎ N OPHIR ‎ Created page with "<pre>*OPHIR Biblical GN A country whence gold was brought (2 Nephi 23:12) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 23:0823:08, 2 February 2011 diff hist +250‎ N ONTI(ES) ‎ Created page with "<pre>ONTI(ES) Lehite noun Silver currency, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:6, 13, 22, 25) No etymology is suggested. The Semitic root could be *ʿnt/ʾnt or *ʿv̄n / ʾv̄n, neither of..."
• 23:0723:07, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,031‎ N ONIHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>ONIHAH Lehite GN City, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 9:7) As in the previous name, biblical ʾōn, “strength, wealth,” from which several biblical GNs and PNs are formed, may ..."
• 23:0623:06, 2 February 2011 diff hist +2,539‎ N ONIDAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>ONIDAH Lehite GN 1. Hill, ca. 75 BC (Alma 32:4) 2. Place, ca. 73 BC, perhaps same as hill, No. 1 (Alma 47:5) If the derivation of the name of the hill in Zoramite..."
• 23:0423:04, 2 February 2011 diff hist +918‎ N OMNI ‎ Created page with "<pre>OMNI Lehite PN Scribe, 4th c. BC (Jarom 15, Omni 1) The form of Omni resembles the Zimri/Omri pattern. The root could be either ʿmn or ʾmn. The latter means “to con..."
• 23:0323:03, 2 February 2011 diff hist +564‎ N OMNER ‎ Created page with "<pre>OMNER Lehite PN & GN 1. Son of Mosiah No. 2, missionary, ca. 91 BC (Mosiah 27:34; Alma 31:32) 2. City, perhaps named from No. 1 (Alma 51:26) The name resembles bib..."
• 23:0223:02, 2 February 2011 diff hist +253‎ N OMER ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡OMER Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:29–30; 9:14) No etymology is suggested. A connection with the biblical unit of dry measure is implausible. Unlikely are all Semitic ..."
• 23:0123:01, 2 February 2011 diff hist +129‎ N OMEGA ‎ Created page with "<pre>*OMEGA Biblical DN (NT) A title for Christ (3 Nephi 9:18) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 23:0023:00, 2 February 2011 diff hist +156‎ N OGATH ‎ Created page with "<pre>OGATH Jaredite GN Place: “. . .a place which was called Ogath” (Ether 15:10) No etymology is suggested. Cf. Book of Mormon Jacobugath </pre>"
• 22:5922:59, 2 February 2011 diff hist +131‎ N NOB ‎ Created page with "<pre>*NOB Biblical GN Priestly city in Benjamin (2 Nephi 20:32) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:5722:57, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,223‎ N NOAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡NOAH Biblical PN 1. Patriarch at the time of the Flood (Alma 10:22; Ether 6:7) Jaredite PN 2. Usurper (Ether 7:14–15, 18–21) Lehite PN & GN 3. Son of Z..."
• 22:5422:54, 2 February 2011 diff hist +296‎ NIMROD ‎No edit summary
• 22:5222:52, 2 February 2011 diff hist +573‎ N NIMROD ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡NIMROD Jaredite GN & PN 1. Old World valley named after Nimrod, the hunter (Ether 2:1, 4) 2. Prince (Ether 7:22) For the etymology see the standard biblical commen..."
• 22:5122:51, 2 February 2011 diff hist +544‎ N NIMRAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡NIMRAH Jaredite PN Prince (Ether 9:8–9) No etymology is suggested. If biblical names may be appealed to, see Nimrah (nimrāh) in Numbers 32:3 (JAT). See also bibli..."
• 22:5022:50, 2 February 2011 diff hist +908‎ N NEUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>†NEUM Brass Plates PN Old World prophet quoted by Nephi I (1 Nephi 19:10) The biblical Hebrew ne’um means “voice (inspired or visionary), utterance, revelation, wo..."
• 22:4922:49, 2 February 2011 diff hist +152‎ N NEPHITE(S) ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEPHITE(S) Lehite gentilic Descendant(s) of Nephi No. 1 and his followers, from 6th c. BC (2 Nephi 29:12; Moroni 1:2) Gentilic of nephi </pre>"
• 22:4822:48, 2 February 2011 diff hist +652‎ N NEPHIHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEPHIHAH Lehite PN & GN 1. Chief judge, 1st c. BC (Alma 4:17; Alma 50:37) 2. City and land, perhaps named from No. 1, 1st c. BC (Alma 50:14; 62:30) 3. Plains, c..."
• 22:4622:46, 2 February 2011 diff hist +4,226‎ N NEPHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEPHI Lehite PN & GN 1. Son of Lehi No.1, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 1:1; Ether 8:21) 2. Son of Helaman No.3; chief judge, prophet, ca. 39–30 BC; translated ca. 6..."
• 22:4422:44, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,096‎ N NEHOR ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEHOR Jaredite GN 1. City and land (Ether 7: 4, 9) Lehite PN 2. Apostate, executed ca. 91 B.C. (Alma 1: 15; 6: 7) 3. Apostate group named from No. 2, termed “order..."
• 22:4322:43, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,198‎ N NEAS ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEAS Lehite noun A cultivated plant (Mosiah 9: 9) No etymology is suggested. A semitic root such as nās/ṣ/š/ś/z, na ’s/ṣ/š/ś/z or na ‘s/ṣ/š/ś/z would be ..."
• 22:4222:42, 2 February 2011 diff hist +132‎ N NAZARETH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*NAZARETH Biblical GN (NT) Early home of JESUS (1 Nephi 11: 13) For etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:4022:40, 2 February 2011 diff hist +125‎ N NAPHTALI ‎ Created page with "<pre>*NAPHTALI Biblical PN Fifth son of JACOB (2 Nephi 19: 1) For etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:3922:39, 2 February 2011 diff hist +3,090‎ N NAHOM ‎ Created page with "<pre>NAHOM Lehite GN Old World burial place of ISHMAEL, probably in Arabia (1 Nephi 16: 34) Surprisingly, evidence for Nahom as a Book of Mormon name is based primarily on his..."
• 22:3522:35, 2 February 2011 diff hist +281‎ N MORIANTUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>MORIANTUM Lehite GN Land, 4th c. AD (Moroni 9:9) No etymology is suggested. The name is similar enough to known Jaredite names to suggest that this GN is also of Jaredite..."
• 22:3522:35, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,212‎ N MORIANCUMER ‎ Created page with "<pre>MORIANCUMER Jaredite GN Old world place on seashore (Ether 2:13). This name is also a PN according to a statement by Joseph Smith. See George Reynolds..."
• 22:3222:32, 2 February 2011 diff hist +10‎ Name Index ‎No edit summary
• 22:3222:32, 2 February 2011 diff hist +323‎ N MOCUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>MOCUM Lehite GN City which sank into the sea, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 9:7) Cf. Hebrew maqōm, “place, station, town, village” = Arabic maqām, also known from Syriac, Ethi..."
• 22:3122:31, 2 February 2011 diff hist +132‎ N MOAB ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MOAB Biblical GN Land east of the Dead Sea (2 Nephi 21:14) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:2922:29, 2 February 2011 diff hist +148‎ N MIGRON ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MIGRON Biblical GN Unknown locale disturbed by Sennacherib (2 Nephi 20:28) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:2722:27, 2 February 2011 diff hist +182‎ N MIDIAN ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡MIDIAN Biblical PN & GN 1. Descendants of MIDIAN (2 Nephi 20:26) Lehite GN 2. Land, ca. 90 BC (Alma 24:5) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </..."
• 22:2622:26, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,575‎ N MIDDONI ‎ Created page with "<pre>MIDDONI Lehite GN Land, ca. 90 BC (Alma 20:2; 23:10) There are several place-names from the ancient Near East with which this name may be compared. However tempting, the ..."
• 22:2422:24, 2 February 2011 diff hist +149‎ N MICHMASH ‎ Created page with "<pre>MICHMASH Biblical GN Town belonging to the tribe of BENJAMIN (2 Nephi 20:28) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:2322:23, 2 February 2011 diff hist +160‎ N MESSIAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MESSIAH Biblical DN An Aramaic word meaning the anointed (1 Nephi 1:19; Helaman 8:13) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:2222:22, 2 February 2011 diff hist +754‎ N MELEK ‎ Created page with "<pre>MELEK Lehite GN Land and city, three days south of AMMONIHAH on the west of the River SIDON by the borders of the wilderness, ca. 82 BC (Alma 8:3; 45:18) Ariel Cr..."

31 January 2011

• 15:2415:24, 31 January 2011 diff hist +133‎ N MEDES ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MEDES Biblical gentilic Inhabitants of Media (2 Nephi 23:17) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 15:2315:23, 31 January 2011 diff hist +281‎ N MATHONIHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>MATHONIHAH Lehite PN Apostle, and brother of Mathoni, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4) This is the expanded form of the name Mathoni (see above). See the introduction for the e..."
• 15:2215:22, 31 January 2011 diff hist +924‎ N MATHONI ‎ Created page with "<pre>MATHONI Lehite PN Apostle, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4) From the root ntn, “to give,” this name would mean “gift.” The biblical PNs Mattan, Mattanah, and Mattaniah ..."
• 15:2115:21, 31 January 2011 diff hist +134‎ N MARY ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MARY Biblical PN (NT) Mother of Jesus (Mosiah 3:8; Alma 7:10) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 15:2115:21, 31 January 2011 diff hist +867‎ N MANTI ‎ Created page with "<pre>MANTI Lehite PN & GN 1. Soldier, spy, ca. 87 BC (Alma 2:22) 2. Hill near Zarahemla, ca. 90 BC (Alma 1:15) 3. City and land, ca. 65 BC (Alma 16:6; 59:6) According ..."
• 15:1915:19, 31 January 2011 diff hist +146‎ N MANNA ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MANNA Biblical noun A food sent from heaven (1 Nephi 17:28; Mosiah 7:19) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 15:1715:17, 31 January 2011 diff hist +135‎ N MANASSEH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MANASSEH Biblical PN Son of Joseph (2 Nephi 19:21; Alma 10:3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 15:1615:16, 31 January 2011 diff hist +147‎ N MAMMON ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MAMMON Biblical noun (NT) An Aramaic word meaning riches (3 Nephi 13:24) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries</pre>"
• 15:1615:16, 31 January 2011 diff hist +130‎ N MALACHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MALACHI Biblical PN Old Testament prophet (3 Nephi 24:1) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"