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* [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/1-ne?lang=eng 1 Nephi]
* [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/1-ne?lang=eng 1 Nephi]



Revision as of 20:18, 12 November 2021

Father
Lehi
Mother
Sariah
Children
The death of Nephi.
All future kings are also called Nephi as a kind of king-name, and this may not be the name they were given by their parents.
  • John W. Welch, Melvin J. Thorne, "Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s", Ch. 1, Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999
The name, Nephi, appears to be of Egyptian origin. Most likely it is a form of Nfr (good) or Nfw (captain).

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