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|Apostle, ca. 30 AD ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/19.4?lang=eng#3 3 Nephi 19:4])
|[[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] disciple ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/19.4?lang=eng#3 3 Nephi 19:4])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


Apparently Greek, cf. NT ''timoeos'', '''TIMOTHY'''. Nibley notes that T<small>IMOTHY</small> is an Ionian name and that the Greeks in Palestine were Ionians (as evidenced by the fact that the
The PN '''TIMOTHY''' refers to a disciple called by the risen Lord in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/19.4?lang=eng#3 3 Nephi 19:4]. The PN T<small>IMOTHY</small> derives from the Greek ''timotheos'', "honoring God" or "honored by God."
name for Greeks in Hebrew derives from this term) (ABM, 238, ''LID'', 33). Sperry, Book of Mormon Testifies, p. 305, also made similar observations.


With a Greek presence in the Levant at least since the eighth century,<ref>For a study of the relations between [[ASSYRIA|A<small>SSYRIA</small>]] and Greece at an early state, see Giovani B. Lanfranchi, “The Ideological and Political Impact of the Assyrian Imperial Expansion on the Greek World in the 8th and 7th Centuries BC,” The Heirs of Assyria, Melammu Symposia I, ed. Sanna Aro and R. M. Whiting (Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian
The occurrence of names of Greek origin suggests the possibility of Greek contacts with the eastern Mediterranean in antiquity. Since the late second millennium B.C. Syrians and Phoenicians had trading contacts with the Aegean kingdoms, and in the first millennium B.C. Greek mercenaries and merchants maintained a significant and ongoing presence in Syro-Palestinian territories.<ref>Stephen D. Ricks, "I Have a Question: The name of one of the Lord's disciples listed in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/19.4?lang=eng#3 3 Nephi 19:4]—Timothy—seems to be Greek in origin. Is there an Explanation for the Appearance of a Greek Name in the Book of Mormon?" ''Enisgn'' 22/10 (October 1992): 53-54.</ref>  
Text Corpus Project, 2000), 7-34. For instance, “by the second half of the 7th century, a slow but progressive decline of the Phœnician trade took place in favour of the
Greek” (p. 9), including battles between the [[ASSYRIAN|A<small>SSYRIANS</small>]] and the Greeks as early as the late 8th century, indicating that Greek influence become more prominent in the  
Levant at about the same time [[LEHI|L<small>EHI</small>]] was born and founded his own family.</ref> it is possible that a Greek name could have been preserved by the Lehites. It is also possible
that the Mulekites were actually accompanied by an ethnic Greek, and/or that some Greek names were preserved by them.


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''

Revision as of 09:48, 14 May 2013

Lehite PN 1. NEPHITE disciple (3 Nephi 19:4)

Etymology

The PN TIMOTHY refers to a disciple called by the risen Lord in 3 Nephi 19:4. The PN TIMOTHY derives from the Greek timotheos, "honoring God" or "honored by God."

The occurrence of names of Greek origin suggests the possibility of Greek contacts with the eastern Mediterranean in antiquity. Since the late second millennium B.C. Syrians and Phoenicians had trading contacts with the Aegean kingdoms, and in the first millennium B.C. Greek mercenaries and merchants maintained a significant and ongoing presence in Syro-Palestinian territories.[1]

Variants

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Notes

  1. ↑ Stephen D. Ricks, "I Have a Question: The name of one of the Lord's disciples listed in 3 Nephi 19:4—Timothy—seems to be Greek in origin. Is there an Explanation for the Appearance of a Greek Name in the Book of Mormon?" Enisgn 22/10 (October 1992): 53-54.
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