A Note on the Name Nephi

Authors

John Gee, Yale University

Keywords

Ancient Near East, Language, Book of Mormon Names, Book of Mormon, Notable People, Nephi

Abstract

The name Nephi is attested as a Syro-Palestinian Semitic form of an Egyptian man’s name dating from the Late Period in Egypt.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Gee, John (1992) "A Note on the Name Nephi," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 1: No. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol1/iss1/12