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Riplakish
This list is intended as a compendium of individuals mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Notation Names with superscripts (e.g., Nephi1) are generally numbered according to the index in the LDS scripture, the Book of Mormon (with minor changes). Missing indices indicate people in the index who are not in the Book of Mormon; for instance, Aaron1 is the biblical Aaron, brother of Moses. * Bold type indicates the person was an important religious figure, such as a prophet or a missionary. * ''Italic type'' indicates the person was a king, chief judge or other ruler. * Underlined type indicates the person was a historian or record keeper; one whose writing (abridged or not) is included in ''The Book of Mormon''. * Combined typefaces indicate combined roles. For example, ''bold italic'' indicates an individual was both a religious and secular leader. A * Aaron2, son or descendant of Jaredite king Heth2 , in line of kingly succession, who spent his life in captivity. Father of Amniga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compendium
A compendium ( compendia or compendiums) is a comprehensive collection of information and analysis pertaining to a body of knowledge. A compendium may concisely summarize a larger work. In most cases, the body of knowledge will concern a specific field of human interest or endeavour (for example: hydrogeology, logology (science), logology, ichthyology, phytosociology or myrmecology), while a general encyclopedia can be referred to as a "compendium of all human knowledge". The word ''compendium'' arrives from the Latin word ''compeneri'', meaning "to weigh together or balance". The 21st century has seen the rise of democratized, online compendia in various fields. Meaning, etymology and definitions The Latin prefix 'con-' is used in compound words to suggest, 'a being or bringing together of many objects' and also suggests striving for completeness with perfection. And ''compenso'' means balance, poise, weigh, offset. The entry on the word 'compendious' in the ''Online Etymology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaleki
According to the Book of Mormon, Amaleki () was one of several Nephite record keepers who maintained records on metal plates known as the plates of Nephi. The Book of Mormon refers to the small plates of Nephi and the large plates of Nephi. Nephi began writing on the small plates about 570 BC. Nephi's brother Jacob and his descendants began keeping records of sacred and religious matters on the small plates around 544 BC. Seven of Jacob's descendants, including Amaleki, wrote on the plates. Amaleki recorded his account on the plates about 130 BC. He states at the end of his writings that the plates are full. He received the plates of Nephi from his father Abinadom and penned 18 verses in the Book of Omni (Omni 1:12-30). He was the last person to write in the small plates of Nephi. Having no descendants, Amaleki gave the small plates to King Benjamin. Life The Book of Mormon says Amaleki was born in Mosiah's days but does not reveal his birthplace The wording could mean Amal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helaman
The Book of Mormon mentions three men named Helaman ( ). The first was the son of King Benjamin, king of the united Nephite-Zarahemla kingdom who lived in the 2nd century BC. Besides his genealogy, information about the first Helaman is limited. His brother, Mosiah, became heir to the throne.Book of Mormon, The second was a Nephite prophet and military leader who lived around the 1st century BC. He was the grandson of Alma and the oldest son of Alma (the younger), and was entrusted with maintaining a record of their people, the Nephites, as found in the Book of Alma. According to the Book of Mormon, he led into battle an army of two thousand young male warriors, which he referred to as his two thousand sons (two thousand stripling warriors). Most of the parts of the narrative involving Helaman come from the latter half of the Book of Alma. The third Helaman was the son of the above mentioned Helaman. He was a chief judge over the Nephites and was also responsible for maint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moroni (Book Of Mormon Prophet)
Moroni () is described in the Book of Mormon as the last Nephite prophet, historian, and military commander who, according to the faith of the Latter Day Saint movement, became the Angel Moroni who presented the golden plates to Joseph Smith. Synopsis In the Book of Mormon, Moroni is the son of Mormon. Moroni shares a name with Captain Moroni, a much earlier Book of Mormon figure, of whom Mormon wrote highly. Moroni works under his father, the commander in chief of a Nephite army, who battles against the Lamanites. Upon the Nephites' defeat at Cumorah, Moroni goes into hiding to avoid being killed by the Lamanites. Instructed by his father to complete the Nephite record, which Mormon had abridged from previous records, Moroni narrates chapters 8 and 9 of Mormon's record in the larger Book of Mormon, the Book of Moroni, and the Book of Ether. Upon completion of the record, Moroni buries the plates. Angel figure In Latter Day Saint belief, Moroni was resurrected after hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antichrist
In Christian eschatology, Antichrist (or in broader eschatology, Anti-Messiah) refers to a kind of entity prophesied by the Bible to oppose Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ and falsely substitute themselves as a savior in Christ's place before the Second Coming. The term ''Antichrist'' (including one plural form)First Epistle of John, 1 John ; . Second Epistle of John, 2 John . is found four times in the New Testament, solely in the First Epistle of John, First and Second Epistle of John. Antichrist is announced as one "who denies the Father and the Son." The similar term ''pseudokhristos'' or "false Christ" is also found in the Gospels. In Gospel of Matthew, Matthew (Matthew 24#Jesus predicts the destruction of the Temple, chapter 24) and Gospel of Mark, Mark (Mark 13, chapter 13), Jesus alerts his disciples not to be deceived by the False prophet#Christianity, false prophets, who will claim themselves to be the Christ (title), Christ, performing "great Sign#Christianity, signs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeezrom
In the Book of Mormon, Zeezrom () is a Nephite lawyer who, through deceit and money, seeks to gain power among the Nephites through his vocation. Alma the Younger and his missionary companion Amulek teach Zeezrom in Ammonihah. At first he resists, but is ultimately converted to the Nephite religion. Narrative in the Book of Mormon Zeezrom lives in the land of Ammonihah, whose inhabitants participate in wicked deeds. Alma and Amulek try to preach to the people of Ammonihah, but they are countered by Zeezrom. With 42 days' wages ( six onties), Zeezrom attempts to bribe Amulek to deny the existence of a God. Among other things, Zeezrom and other lawyers try to convince the people that Alma and Amulek are criticizing the law. The missionaries' words confound him and eventually he is convinced of his misdeeds. Now on the missionaries' side, he attempts to revoke his words; displeased, the people of Ammonihah chase him out of the city with stones before burning the other believers wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amulek
Amulek () is a man referred to in the Book of Alma, a section of the Book of Mormon. After being visited by an angel, he gives food to the prophet Alma, listens to his preaching, and becomes his missionary companion. Alma and Amulek preach in Ammonihah and are challenged by lawyers, primarily Zeezrom, who accuses Amulek of lying and teaching against their laws. They are brought before the chief judge of the land. The men who believe their teachings are thrown out of the city and the women and children are burned in a fire, which Alma and Amulek are made to watch. Then, they are imprisoned until Alma's prayer gives them the strength to break free and the walls of the prison split in two. Scholars have written a number of observations on Amulek. One points out that he and Alma have similar stories of conversion after seeing an angel. Other scholars suggest Amulek lost his family in the burning of the believers. Narrative in Alma Amulek lived around 80 BCE and is mentioned in Alm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammonihah
Ammonihah () is a city mentioned in the Book of Mormon described as governed by lawyers and judges. When the Book of Mormon prophet Alma the Younger, Alma visits Ammonihah as part of a preaching tour, the city becomes the setting of "one of the most disturbing episodes" of the text in which Ammonihah's governing elite imprison him, exile any men converted by his preaching, and kill women and children associated with his mission by fire. Background Nephite Christian Church There are a few different versions of the Nephite Christian church that exist throughout the story.. Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon is the primary religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement. In the book's narrative, a family flees History of ancient Israel and Judah, first Temple period Jerusalem, prophetically directed to escape the Babylonian captivity. Led by God, they arrive in the Americas and establish a society which, due to a feud, splits into two: the Nephites and the Lamanites. Despit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nehor
Nehor () is the founder of an apostate sect mentioned in the Book of Mormon around 90 BC in the first year of the reign of the judges. He teaches the Nephites that priests and teachers should be supported by their followers, and that all will be saved in the end (a teaching compared to Christian universalism). Nehor is brought before Alma the Younger for killing Gideon, a Nephite elder who argued with him. Alma accuses him of priestcraft and sentences him to death for enforcing his beliefs with violence. When executed, Nehor admits to teaching against the word of God. Later, people of the order of Nehor elect a man named Amlici as their leader, and ally with the Lamanites in war. The people of Ammonihah who imprison Alma and Amulek and kill or exile their followers are adherents of Nehor, as are the Amalekites and Amulonites who defect to the Lamanite city of Jerusalem and join the Lamanites in another war against the Nephites. According to some scholarly interpretation, the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma The Younger
In the Book of Mormon, Alma, the son of Alma () is a Nephite prophet often referred to as Alma the Younger to distinguish him from his father, who is often referred to as Alma the Elder. These appellations, "the Younger" and "the Elder," are not used in the Book of Mormon; they are distinctions made by scholars, useful because both individuals were prominent during the same portion of the Book of Mormon's narrative and filled a similar cultural and religious role. Alma is the namesake of the Book of Alma. Conversion Alma the Younger lived in Zarahemla during the end of the reign of the Nephite King Mosiah. As a young man, he, the four sons of Mosiah, and others wanted to destroy the church and actively persecuted its members. After they were visited personally by an angel and rebuked for their actions, Alma fell into an unconscious state where, for three days and three nights, he lay unable to move until he felt within that he had been forgiven of his sins. He later recounted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limhi
In the Book of Mormon, Limhi () is the third and final king of the second Nephite habitation of the land of Lehi-Nephi. He succeeds his father, Noah. Led by Ammon (a descendant of Zarahemla), Limhi and his people escape from the Lamanites with his people to the land of Zarahemla. Synopsis After the death of their previous king, Noah, the surviving members of the Nephite colony living in the land of Lehi-Nephi appoints one of his sons, Limhi, to the throne. Living under occupation by a Lamanite army, Limhi's colonists attempt three violent revolts, all of which the Lamanites quash. When a band of Nephites from Zarahemla, led by an explorer named Ammon, rediscover the Lehi-Nephi colony, Limhi gathers his community, and he and Ammon read and recite their respective people's histories to each other and before the convocation. Resolving to escape subjugation, Limhi consults with Ammon about what to do, and Gideon, an advisor, devises a plan to intoxicate and incapacitate the La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarahemla
Zarahemla () is a land in the Book of Mormon that for much of the narrative functions as the capital of the Nephites, their political and religious center. Zarahemla has been the namesake of multiple communities in the United States, has been alluded to in literature that references Mormonism, and has been portrayed in artwork depicting Book of Mormon content. Most adherents of the Latter Day Saint movement regard the Book of Mormon as a translation of a genuinely historical text from the ancient Americas (a belief that mainstream academic archaeology does not corroborate). Some adherents have speculated about where Zarahemla would have been located or attempted to find archaeological evidence of it. Such attempts have been unsuccessful. Background The Book of Mormon, published in 1830, is one of the central scriptures of Mormonism, also called the Latter Day Saint movement. Founder Joseph Smith said that an angel of the Christian God directed him to uncover metal plates i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
