Nephite
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈniːfaɪt/
Noun
Nephite (plural Nephites)
- (Mormonism) A member of the group of descendants of Lehi's son Nephi who supposedly lived in the Americas from around 600 BC until 385 AD when the Lamanites wiped them out.
- 1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, translation of original by Mormon, 2 Nephi 29:12:
- For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write it
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Nephite.
Translations
a descendant of Nephi
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