The book of mormon never mentions quetzalcoatl or any of ethans details of quetzalcoatls indian traditionssuch as bare feet, pierced ears, fieryflying serpents, green plumage, and more. Ammon, a variation of the name amon, is featured in the book of mormon. Includes nephite, lamanite and jaredite place names and major features. Much preliminary work remains to be done on the book of mormon onomasticon.
Mormon was the primary author, editor, and compiler of the book of mormon. Found in both the book of mormon and ancient inscriptions, these names are hebrew in origin, as one would expect for people who emigrated from ancient jerusalem. Are there any names for girls in the book of mormon. The surprising meanings of abish and 5 other book of.
One meaning is sea captain see john gee, four suggestions on the origin of the name nephi, in pressing forward with the book of mormon. This may be because the lord was to them, as he is to each of us, both the same and different. The name nephi most likely derives from an egyptian word nfr which. Lehis wife, and the only woman with a name in the book of mormon. Hezron, memshath, ziph bm ziff, jether, epher, jalon, ezer, menahem, lecah, amnon bm amnor, zoheth, etc. Some years after the publication of the book of mormon, joseph smith mentioned that mahonri moriancumer was the.
I began researching some of the names in the book of mormon and their meanings. It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon. Alma may be a female name, but its used primarily for males among the mormons. Critics dismiss these names as gibberish or the creative invention of joseph smith. Adam identifies the meaning of her name as a main idea of the story in genesis 3. In vanity fair, tom freston profiles the former liberian warlord turned evangelical minister whose alias many americans know only through a character in matt stone and trey parkers broadway hit. The book of mormon is set in north america in the first century. Illustrated book of mormon for teens 1 nephi always remember and an update 3 months ago a lively hope. That some of the names in the book of mormon were consciously corrected to the king james spelling, rather than rendering them as a transliteration, is illustrated, for example, by the fact that in 1 nephi 10. These hits provide additional evidence that the book of mormon is indeed an ancient record. Latent antimormon bias may seem harmless enoughafter all, mormons are reluctant to call others out on it.
No one ive spoken with seems to realize that their unique names are not unique at all, but instead are yet another characteristic they share with many of their mormon neighbors. Names of the books in the book of mormon quiz by ninjanate98. Narrow neck of land, narrow strip of wilderness, narrow pass, oceans. Jun 11, 2008 authentic egyptian names in the book of mormon the book of mormon claims a close tie to all things egyptian 1 nephi 1.
Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star popular quizzes today. Of these 337 proper names, 188 are unique to the book of mormon, while 149 are common to the book of mormon and the bible. Aug 09, 2007 the first verses where these names are mentioned in the book of mormon are listed below 1 ne 5. When adding biographies, be sure to add a category link seen at bottom of this edit page so that it will be added. I thought i might have overheard drdad give his name as mark going through the veil when we got married. Demonic and ungodly names in the book of mormon 1 life. The trend in japan has been to move away from kanji and towards hirigana a different alphabet, to use shorter names e. The book of mormon contains 337 proper names and 21 gentilics or. Perhaps you thought general butt naked in book of mormon.
Book of mormon names the encyclopedia of mormonism. Demonic and ungodly names in the book of mormon 3 life. Are there any names for girls in the book of mormon, besides. I found 57 names of people and places that are demonic or names of false gods and their derivatives, however. I found 57 names of people and places that are demonic or names of false gods and their derivatives, however i have chosen to narrow this down to three names that i thought was most. The name is also associated with great missionaries and prophet in the book of mormon. However, those willing to look deeper find that not only do many of the names fit within patterns of ancient semitic languages but they can also have great personal meaning for each of us. Before i get flamed i would like to point out three of the more glaring anachronistic errors. Instead of picketing the book of mormon musical, for example, the mormon church. Indeed, the very script that mormon used in abridging the plates was, according to him, an egyptian script called amongst the nephite scribes reformed egyptian mormon 9. To be totally honest, i havent given the lecture by hugh nibley a full read yet but i have popped around a bit using the search feature. These book of mormon names stand as additional evidence that the book is of ancient origins and was brought forth by the gift and power of god. The first verses where these names are mentioned in the book of mormon are listed below 1 ne 5.
A dictionary of the book of mormon wikisource, the free. Some years after the publication of the book of mormon, joseph smith mentioned that mahonri moriancumer was the name of the brother of jared. Apologists note that many of the proper names in the book of mormon are hebrew names found in the bible e. Mormons anciently in egypta set of blacklegs, thieves, robbers, and murderers. Except where noted, these names are not known from the bible. An egyptian linguistic component in book of mormon names author eve koller there are several names in the book of mormon such as zenephi, zenos, and zenockthat look as though they are composed of scriptural names nephi, enos, enoch, and so forth with different forms of a zprefix that might mean son of or descendant of.
The name jonas is a boys name of greek origin meaning dove jonas has a slightly more grandfatherly image than the english version of his name, but that only adds to its retro appeal. Jonas grumby, aka the skipper, character on tvs gilligans island jonas taylor, character in the meg jonas, main character in lois lowrys the giver jonas miller, character in movie twister jonas quinn, character on tvs stargate sg1 jonas, novel by jens bjorneboe and its main character jonas, from the book of mormon my name is. It is sometimes referred to as a compass, although the context makes it clear that it did not function like a magnetic compass. Given this grouping of the book of mormon onomasticon, 142 of the 188 unique book of mormon names are lehitemulekite, 41 are jaredite, and 5 are common to both groups. For the present, lehite and mulekite names must be treated together. Names in the book of mormon lds scriptural studies. The book of mormon is literarily beautiful, doctrinally truthful, and everlastingly applicable. Traditions and trends lds smile said on january th, 2015 at 3. The name mormon is ranked on the 71,909th position of the most used names. Many book of mormon names are not found in the bible, and were unknown to joseph smith. Names used for christ by major book of mormon authors. Book of mormon characters mormonism, the mormon church. Parry, a member of the dead sea scrolls translation. Many lds assume that this is evidence that joseph smith could not have made up the book of mormon.
Conversely, proper names that appear only in translation are not included, such as bountiful and desolation. For what its worth, moroni is not referred to in the book of mormon as captain moroni, he is only named as a chief captain. Chart 816 lists alphabetically over 150 such proper names or descriptive expressions. Both words have the meaning of anointed, and are used in the bible to refer to the anointed one. The actual meaning of nephi and 3 other book of mormon names notes 1. Oct 20, 2016 mormon was the primary author, editor, and compiler of the book of mormon. As is the majority of these comments many of which say, no.
The name anti in the book of mormon book of mormon. Missing indices indicate people in the index who are not in the book of mormon. The names described in this article deal a serious blow to critics of the book of mormon. If my understanding is correct, this must be the meaning of cumorah. Believers are called mormons after the book of mormon and have been since the 1830s, which takes its name from the prophet whom they believe compiled it andor the waters of mormon mentioned in it. Some mormon name trends include using religious, ancestral, invented, themed names and a combination of the above to title a new baby. Yet, these names have meaning in ancient languages andor have been found as actual names from ancient history. Mormons believe the following about the book of mormon. And though it may lag behind jonah in this country, jonas is riding a huge wave of popularity in europe, where it ranks highly in germany, switzerland, austria and norway. As with biblical names, some popular mormon names are derived from heroes or characters of the teachings or stories from the book of mormon, a religious text of the.
Antinephilehi was the name given to the son of the chief lamanite king in the greater land of nephi after his conversion to the true gospel. The king james quotations in the book of mormon, the history of the text of the book of mormon. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. We build enduring faith in jesus christ by making the book of mormon accessible, comprehensible, and defensible to the entire world. Mar 28, 2016 the trend in japan has been to move away from kanji and towards hirigana a different alphabet, to use shorter names e. Egyptian names from the book of mormon would seem unusual to living. Hebrew names turned up on ancient jar handles from other places also have a familiar book of mormon ring. Various implausible etymologies have been proposed, usually in attempts to discredit or defend the mormon faith. In the book of mormon, the liahona was found one morning at lehis tent door. His is the voice that narrates the story of the book of mormon. On march 3, 2012, saturday night live aired a skit featuring cast members impersonating mitt romney and his sons. It is almost impossible to read more than a page without encountering mormon. People in the book of mormon, ranked by common consent.
Mar 25, 2017 the increasing interest taken in the study of the book of mormon and in the history of the peoples whose origin, progress and destruction it narrates, encourages the author of this little work to think that this addition to the literature of the subject will not be like one born out of due time, but will be received as an acceptable aid to the study of its sacred pages. Gideon in the book of mormon, gideon was a faithful leader of the church and an eventual enemy to the wicked king noah. Much can be learned and gleaned by pondering each of these terms. The usage of the names, antinephilehi and antinephilehies has provoked considerable discussion among lds book of mormon scholars and lay members alike. Test your knowledge on this religion quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Because of this, and considering that 1 lehi was a descendant of joseph of egypt 1 nephi 5. It is also used in the book of mormon as the name of a prophet. I compared them with the bible, bible dictionaries and even websters dictionary. Of these names, many were used exclusively by one author, while others were used almost universally. Study guide volume 1 study guide volume 2 i dare you. However, when we examine the list of names at the end of the book of mormon we notice that 141 of the names are taken from the bible. We estimate that there are at least 1100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0. The book of mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the bible. Tvedtnes the preface to the work, david noel freedman wrote, the editor is to be commended for his catholicity and courage and for his own original contributions in several domains including a unique treatment of the book of mormon.
Because names are a way of identifying cultural and ethical beliefs within a country or group of people, sometimes mormon names are chosen to honor an ancestor or religious figure. Book of mormon geography, place names, cities, lands, etc. Readers of the book of mormon encounter hundreds of unique names not found elsewhere. Ethan equates the whitebearded god, quetzalcoatl, with moses. The pinnacle event in the book of mormon is a visitation from christ, himself. Book of mormon geography list of place names and scriptural.
It is described as a round brass ball of curious workmanship with two spindles, one of which indicated the direction that his party should travel 1 nephi 16. Til a healthy number of book of mormon names have meaning. Supporters of the book of mormon claim it uses chiasmusa figure of speech utilizing inverted parallelismand claim it is evidence to support the books ancient origin. Nov 15, 2017 latent antimormon bias may seem harmless enoughafter all, mormons are reluctant to call others out on it.
The familiarity became abundantly clear when i opened the book of mormon. Hugh nibley among other lds apologists has spent his life digging for any scrap of ancient evidence that remotely resembles something mentioned in the book of mormon, and then he uses the few forced scraps that he thinks by twisting can coincidentally match to come to the conclusion that yes indeed, the book of mormon must be of ancient origin while he. Mormon uses the same terms captains and chief captains to refer to lamanite soldiers as well, but maybe they had a different system, who knows. The increasing interest taken in the study of the book of mormon and in the history of the peoples whose origin, progress and destruction it narrates, encourages the author of this little work to think that this addition to the literature of the subject will not be like one born out of due time, but will be received as an acceptable aid to the study of its sacred pages. This study considers the book of mormon personal names josh. The book of mormon does give the right type of hebrew.
Major book of mormon authors used sixtyseven different names to refer to jesus christ. Book of mormon pronunciation guide retrieved 20120225, ipa ified from i. Some mormon name trends include using religious, ancestral, invented, themed names and a. The mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc. According to most adherents of the latter day saint movement, the book of mormon is a. The actual meaning of nephi and 3 other book of mormon names. Jesus christ, gods son, savior, is known by many names and titles within the writings of the new testament. Willes center for book of mormon studies book of mormon onomasticon. Omni means belonging to amon, amaron means our beloved, etc. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi, who claimed that it had been. They all reveal different facets of jesus, his love, his roles, his functions, his. The book of mormon claims a close tie to all things egyptian 1 nephi 1. Can you name the names of the books in the book of mormon. Religion quiz names of the books in the book of mormon random religion or book quiz can you name the names of the books in the book of mormon.
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