Article Title

Mesoamerican “Cimeters” in Book of Mormon Times

Authors

Matthew Roper

Keywords

Book of Mormon, cimeter, weapons, English

Abstract

The Book of Mormon first mentions a weapon called a cimeter during the time of Enos (some time between about 544 and 421 bc). Speaking of his people’s Lamanite enemies, Enos says, “their skill was in the bow, and in the cimeter, and the ax” (Enos 1:20). Later, in the first and second centuries bc, the weapon was part of the armory of both Nephites and Lamanites in addition to swords and other weapons (Mosiah 9:16; 10:8; Alma 2:12; 43:18, 20, 37; 60:2; Helaman 1:14).

Recommended Citation

Roper, Matthew (2008) "Mesoamerican “Cimeters” in Book of Mormon Times," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 28: No. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol28/iss1/3