Keeping the Little Commandments

To set the stage for this blog post, I would like to share a quote by Elder David A. Bednar:

In my office is a beautiful painting of a wheat field. The painting is a vast collection of individual brushstrokes—none of which in isolation is very interesting or impressive. In fact, if you stand close to the canvas, all you can see is a mass of seemingly unrelated and unattractive streaks of yellow and gold and brown paint. However, as you gradually move away from the canvas, all of the individual brushstrokes combine together and produce a magnificent landscape of a wheat field. Many ordinary, individual brushstrokes work together to create a captivating and beautiful painting.

Each family prayer, each episode of family scripture study, and each family home evening is a brushstroke on the canvas of our souls. No one event may appear to be very impressive or memorable. But just as the yellow and gold and brown strokes of paint complement each other and produce an impressive masterpiece, so our consistency in doing seemingly small things can lead to significant spiritual results. “Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great” (D&C 64:33) (More Diligent and Concerned at Home, October 2009 General Conference).

I've seen many who wonder if doing the little things like going to church, reading your scriptures, and saying your prayers can really have a significant impact on seemingly unrelated areas of your life. I have been there myself. Maybe you go to church week after week and feel like you don't get much out of it. Maybe you are struggling to decide whether to pay tithing or make a rent payment and are wondering if God will really pour you down a blessing from heaven so great that there will not be room enough to receive it. (See Malachi 3:10, KJV Holy Bible.) Maybe you feel like your schedule is packed, and you don't know if scripture study is really important enough to make time for. These feelings likely stem from the philosophy that unless we know how results are supposed to stem from the causes, the results probably won't come from the causes. Those of the world frequently preach this false doctrine. They say things such as:

In our scientific age, we must move past believing that something will happen just because the Bible says so. We must let go of these silly fantasies along with Zeus and all other mythologies of ages past. These ideas were for primitive, uneducated people who let their imaginations guide their beliefs.

Honestly, I find such claims to be ridiculous. A scientific view alone will not lead one to reject revealed religion. Rather, it is an atheistic or agnostic world view that will lead one to reject God's teachings. Let me say this again: By itself, scientific data will not lead ANYONE to stop believing in God. So many of the world's leading scientists and mathematicians have been, are, and will continue to be Christians. Unfortunately, many people fall for this doctrine of the Devil. Satan's lie that we must see it to believe it has led far too many good-hearted people to set aside all of the commandments that they don't understand the importance of. My heart weeps for such people, and I hope that they will repent, come unto Christ, and be perfected by His grace.

In reality, even the littlest commandments can lead to blessings so great that we cannot even begin to comprehend them. In Alma 37, Alma gives the plates of brass and the plates of Nephi to his son Helaman and commands him to protect them at all costs. Towards the beginning of his counsel to his son Helaman, Alma says:

Behold, it has been prophesied by our fathers, that [the plates of brass and the plates of Nephi] should be kept and handed down from one generation to another, and be kept and preserved by the hand of the Lord until they should go forth unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, that they shall know of the mysteries contained thereon.

And now behold, if they are kept they must retain their brightness; yea, and they will retain their brightness; yea, and also shall all the plates which do contain that which is holy writ.

Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.

And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls (Alma 37:4-7, Book of Mormon).

Notice how interesting these promises were. Helaman was given a very small and simple commandment. He was told to keep the records until he got old and then to give them to one of his sons. He was promised that, if he did this, the metal plates would not corrode or oxidize over time, and every family in the world would have the opportunity to read them. Someone who did not have faith in the power of God would probably be thinking that Alma was crazy if he or she had been in Helaman's place. After all, corrosion and oxidation are natural chemical processes. Furthermore, at the time of the Nephites, only a select few people ever got to read the scriptures (or any books for that matter). The claim that every family on the earth would have the opportunity to read the book would have seemed ludicrous at the time. It is no wonder why Alma said, "ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me".

After promising incredible and seemingly unrelated promises for keeping a small and simple commandment, Alma taught Helaman a profound eternal truth:

By small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise. And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls.

We now see the fulfillment of Alma's marvelous promises. The plates were preserved, Joseph Smith translated them by the gift and power of God into the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, and the Book of Mormon is now available online at LDS.org to be read by people all over the world in their native language. A great thing was brought to pass, this great miracle does confound the wise, and the Book of Mormon has brought to pass the salvation of many souls.

The Apostle Paul taught, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him (1 Corinthians 2:9, KJV Holy Bible)." Jesus taught, "If ye love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15, KJV Holy Bible)." How is it that keeping small commandments can lead to blessings greater than anything you have ever witnessed and more marvelous than anything you have ever imagined? (See footnote 1.)

We can better understand this by turning to the work of the famous meteorologist/mathematician Edward Lorenz who founded a new branch of mathematics called "chaos theory". Most meteorologists of his day held the view that it was possible to accurately predict the weather into the future if you knew most of the large-scale weather patterns at the present moment. They applied this view to their statistical weather models. One day in 1961, Edward Lorenz was running weather forecasts on a computer. He noticed that when he entered 0.506 for one of the values, he got a completely different result than when he entered 0.506127. Edward quickly became skeptical of the common notion that little causes should have little effects.

In 1963, Edward published a paper in which he mathematically proved that even the slightest difference in initial conditions can lead to enormous differences in the future weather patterns. (See footnote 2.) In later speeches, he explained his paper's results by explaining that he had proved that a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the world can cause a tornado to occur on the other side of the world. This is why many people now refer to his work as the "butterfly effect".

Edward Lorenz' completely unexpected results were groundbreaking. He crushed one of the false philosophies of men and proved the doctrine taught by Alma and Paul that small and simple things can and do bring great things to pass and confound the wise.

We, as mortals, have a finite understanding of the world. Because of the butterfly effect, it is impossible for us to accurately predict how our actions may shape our future. A lot of the time, we can get a good idea of how some of our actions may affect us. However, even in those circumstances, we can't know for sure how our future will play out (without the help of God, of course). However, there is One who notices even the sparrows when they fall. God has an infinite understanding of this universe. He knows and controls the motion of every atom, He hears all of your prayers, He weeps with you when you suffer, and He rejoices when you do what is right. He can and does know what will happen to you if you choose to follow His commandments. With Him on your side, you can't go wrong. In Matthew 10 we read:

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows (Matthew 10:29-31, KJV Holy Bible).

In 2 Nephi, we read that God "doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation (2 Nephi 26:24, Book of Mormon)." We can thus be assured that God will not give you any commandment unless it will bless you. So, next time you are wondering whether you should keep going to church, make time to read your scriptures and say heartfelt prayers every day, pay your tithing, et cetera, remember that greater blessings than you can even begin to imagine will come to you from doing so. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Footnote 1: When Paul said "neither have entered into the heart of man" in 1 Corinthians 2:9, he was most likely meaning that no mortal can even imagine something so great. We can come this conclusion when this scripture is combined with a knowledge of the Semitic anatomical understanding. The Hebrews (Israelites) thought that the heart performed the functions that we now understand to be performed by the brain. They thought that the heart is the place that ideas come from.

Footnote 2: Edward N. Lorenz (1963). "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 20 (2): 130–141

What is Chiasmus and Why Does it Matter?

In this blog post, I hope to answer three questions: What is chiasmus, how does it relate to math and religion, and why does it matter? Maybe you have never heard of chiasmus before, or maybe you know all about it. Regardless, you can likely gain new knowledge and insights by reading this blog post.

When you were in grade school, you likely learned how to write a one page essay. You were probably taught that your first paragraph should present your paper's main idea. You probably learned that one of the sentences in your first paragraph should be your thesis statement, and that it should clearly state your paper's primary arguments. The following three or so paragraphs should give reasons why your thesis statement is true. Finally, your last paragraph should pull the rest of your paper together to convince the reader of your arguments.

Now imagine that you have to start going back to grade school (kind of like what happened in the movie "Seventeen Again".) However, imagine that this time your writing class is very, very different. Envision you are sitting at a desk, pencil in hand, and you are being instructed by your teacher that you are going to spend class today writing a one page essay. You think that this will be easy; you are thinking, "I already know how to write a one page essay! Why do I have to be here again! This is torture!" However, you are about to be surprised. Your teacher is now telling you that you should always start a one-page essay by writing down the main point (or thesis statement) in the center of the page. "Now," she says, "you need to make a list of at least a couple points that support or build upon your main idea. We will call each point in the list you make an 'element'. Once you have a list of elements, you will need to use them in your essay one at a time. For each element, put part of your point just above what you have written so far in the middle of the page and part of your point just below what you have written so far. Once you have used all of the elements, your essay is done." You are extremely confused. You blurt out, "Excuse me teacher, this is not how to write a proper one page essay." With a smile on her face, she calmly replies, "That may not be how people normally write one-page essays nowadays, but what you learned today is how people wrote back in ancient Israel." All you can think is, "I just don't get it! Why would anyone write a paper that way! That is just plain weird!"

I hope that theoretical example helped you to understand just how different writing was in ancient Israel from how it is in western civilizations today. The writing style you imagined being taught is called 'chiasmus' and was thought of by the Hebrews (Hebrews is another way of saying ancient Israelites) as a beautiful form of poetry. (If you are still a little confused about what chiasmus is, don't worry. I'll explain it more in the next paragraph.) If you were to read a book written by an ancient Israelite, you could reasonably expect to find chiasmus in it. Likewise, if you read a book that contained strong chiasmus in it, you could reasonably assume that it was influenced by a Hebrew. One well-known book that was written by ancient Israelites is the Holy Bible. The Bible is packed full of plenty of chiasmus.

Basically, chiasmus is a literary style in which a list of elements (or points) are written down and then repeated in reverse order. This makes it so that you end up with an ABCCBA type pattern. The word 'chiasmus' was derived from the name of the Greek letter '𝞆' (commonly transliterated into English as 'chi'). This is because simple chiasmus can be illustrated with an 'X' (see the example below).

Do you see how, in the example above, the order of 'first' and 'last' is reversed? That is what makes it a chiasmus. Simple chiasmus can even be found in western literature. For example, President John F. Kennedy said the following:

Even though writing from much of the world contains simple, one or two sentence long chiasmus, chiasmus that fill entire blocks of text are unique to ancient Israel (and the surrounding countries).

The Bible, which was written by ancient Israelites, contains extended (long) chiasmus. For example, the following chiasmus is found in the Bible:

a	There died on the earth
	b	all birds,
		c	cattle,
			d	beasts and creeping things,
				e	man;
					f	all life
						g	died
						g	and was destroyed.
					f	Every living thing
				e	both man,
			d	creeping things,
		c	cattle,
	b	birds,
a	were destroyed from the earth.

- Genesis 7:21-23 (when translated literally from the Hebrew)

Notice that the first 'a' matches up with the other 'a', the first 'b' matches up with the other 'b', etc. Some chiasmus are the length of an entire chapter. A few are even longer than that.

So why does this even matter? How will knowing about chiasmus affect your life? There are two fundamental reasons: First, the Book of Mormon is either a book of scripture from God that will bless your life more than any other book and set you on the path towards exaltation, or it is a complete and utter fraud that will set you on the path towards Hell. Either way, it is extremely important to find out if the Book of Mormon is true. Is it a book written by Joseph Smith and/or other early LDS Church leaders, or is it exactly what it claims to be: a book of scripture written by prophets of a group of ancient Israelites who were led by God out of Jerusalem and to the Americas? A good test of this is whether or not there is intentional chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.

At the time the Book of Mormon was published, almost nobody in America knew about chiasmus. After extensive research, scholars have concluded that, at the time, there was only one book in the U.S. that even mentioned chiasmus. (See footnote 1.) Moreover, the section on chiasmus was only a short excerpt in the middle of this long book. To further complicate things, this book was kept in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while Joseph Smith lived in Palmyra, New York. Remember, cars and airplanes didn't exist as a mode of transportation back then. It is EXTREMELY unlikely that Joseph Smith (or any of the other early Church leaders) could have known about chiasmus before the Book of Mormon's publication.

Thus, if the Book of Mormon contains intentional chiasmus, then the Book of Mormon is not a fraud. Rather, it is the word of God! It is a book that will change your life if you apply yourself to a daily study of its pages and ask God in earnest prayer each day what He wants you to learn from it.

There is a second reason why knowing about chiasmus matters. The center of a chiasmus is called the 'chiastic turning point'. The chiastic turning point is usually the main idea that the author is trying to convey. It is comparable to a thesis statement. All of the other elements are meant to build upon and explain the chiastic turning point. So, if you know that a section in the Book of Mormon or Bible is a chiasmus, you can first look and see what the main idea that the author was trying to convey is by looking at the chiastic turning point. Then, you can see how the other elements are meant to build upon and explain the chiastic turning point. This will allow you to understand the passage of scripture better, and it will allow you to gain new spiritual insights. It has definitely done that for me.

Let me show you an example. Alma 36 is an entire chapter long chiasmus. In Alma 36, Alma the younger is telling his son Helaman about his conversion story before he gives Helaman the Nephite records. For the first half of the chapter, Alma tells all about his wickedness and the negative consequences that came from his actions before his conversion. In the second half of the chapter, Alma tells all about his righteousness and the blessings that followed after his conversion. The chiastic turning point is the point at which he was converted. If you look, you will see that it was when he remembered the words of his father about Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and cried unto Christ for mercy that he was converted. At the moment that he yielded his heart unto Christ, everything turned from bad to good. There are profound lessons to be learned from this. I know of no passage of scripture that provides a stronger testimony of Christ's saving grace than this beautiful chiasmus does.

a

My son, give ear to my words (Alma 36:1)

b

Keep the commandments [and] ye shall prosper in the land (Alma 36:1)

c

Captivity of our fathers—bondage (Alma 36:2)

d

Surely God did deliver them (Alma 36:2)

e

Trust in God (Alma 36:3)

f

Support in trials, trouble, and afflictions (Alma 36:3)

g

I know this not of myself but of God (Alma 36:4)

h

Born of God (Alma 36:5)

i

Seek no more to destroy the church of God (Alma 36:9)

j

Fell to the earth (Alma 36:10)

k

Limbs paralyzed (Alma 36:10)

l

The agony of conversion (Alma 36:11–16) destroyed, torment, harrowed up, racked, the pains of hell, inexpressible horror, banished and extinct, the pains of a damned soul

m

I remember … the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world

m

I cried within my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me (Alma 36:17–18)

l

The joy of conversion (Alma 36:19–22) no more pain, what joy, marvelous light, exquisite, nothing as sweet, singing and praising God, longing to be with God

k

Limbs received their strength again (Alma 36:23)

j

Stood upon my feet (Alma 36:23)

i

Labored without ceasing to bring souls unto repentance (Alma 36:24)

h

Many have been born of God (Alma 36:26)

g

Knowledge is of God (Alma 36:26)

f

Supported under trials and troubles, yea afflictions (Alma 36:27)

e

Trust in him (Alma 36:27)

d

He will still deliver me (Alma 36:27)

c

Egypt—captivity (Alma 36:28–29)

b

Keep the commandments and ye shall prosper in the land (Alma 36:30)

a

This according to his word (Alma 36:30)

And now we get to math. Some people have claimed in the past that the chiasmus in the Book of Mormon occurred by chance and were not intentional. This was an important question to settle, for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon was at stake. Two physics professors at Utah State University, named Boyd and Farrell Edwards, made a statistics program that was capable of calculating a rigorous lower bound on the statistical likelihood that the chiasmus in the Book of Mormon were intentional. For Alma 36, they found that there is less than a one in 150,000 chance that the chiastic structure could have occurred accidentally. In science, if something is shown to have greater than a 95% chance of being the case, it is assumed to be true until evidence comes along that suggests otherwise. For Alma 36, we can be more than 99.999% sure that it was an intentional chiasmus. So, it is almost indisputable that it was intentional. There are many other strong chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.

Thanks to math, it has been confirmed that the Book of Mormon is exactly what it claims to be: It is the word of God! It is a book of Divine revelation! We should heed its every word! We should value its teachings over the teachings of man! However, even though the math tells a clear story, we should not stop there in gaining a testimony of the Book of Mormon. I invite you to read the Book of Mormon, ponder in your heart the message it contains, and pray to Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ to ask Him if the Book of Mormon is the word of God. If you do so, the Holy Spirit will confirm its truthfulness to your heart. Numbers on a page can change your beliefs. However, a conversion by the power of the Holy Ghost is far more likely to change your actions and character. Together, learning by study and learning by faith can provide an unshakable testimony of the truth that will not be affected by the very jaws of Hell.

I invite you to ponder and pray about who you can share this message with. Then, follow through on the inspiration you receive. Every person around you is a child of our Loving Father in Heaven. He or she has Divine potential inside of him or her. By sharing this glorious message of truth with him or her, you are providing an opportunity for him or her to latch ahold of that potential and bloom into that beautiful son or daughter of God he or she is capable of becoming. I testify of this message in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Footnote 1: In case you are wondering, the only book in the U.S. that mentioned chiasmus at the time the Book of Mormon was published was "Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures" by Thomas Hartwell Horne. It was first published in 1825.

Math and Book of Mormon Names

Have you ever thought it would be cool to learn the Nephite and Jaredite languages? I sure have! Using math, I may have figured out a way to accomplish this. (For those of you who don't already know, the Nephites and Jaredites were inhabitants of the ancient Americas spoken of in a book of holy scripture called "The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ". To learn more, click here.)

One morning about a year and a half ago, while I was studying the scriptures, I noticed something interesting: throughout the history of the Book of Mormon, it appears that the names of people, cities, etc. changed slowly. Once I recognized this, I began to wonder if it would be possible to create a computer program that tracked name derivations back through time to when the Jaredites, Nephites, and Mulekites left the Old World and came to the Americas. This would require a computer program that could calculate how closely etymologically related two words are.

About two months ago, I made such a program. My program uses math to go through a list of words and find etymologically similar ones. For analyzing Book of Mormon names, I used the Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide to get the transliterations and suggested phonetic pronunciations of a comprehensive list of Book of Mormon names. I also took into account the transliterations with all occurrences of vowels and the letter 'j' removed. The reason why I did this is that there were no letter equivalents for vowels and the letter 'j' in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, so it seems reasonable to me that these sounds would have changed more rapidly in the language of a group of wandering Jews.

My results are listed below. Each name in the Book of Mormon is followed by a list of words that my computer program identified as being closely etymologically related. (Smaller numbers imply a greater relatedness.) My results were astounding! For example, I found that the word segment "eantum" is a clear word segment in both the Nephite and Jaredite languages. Also, Irreantum means "many waters" in the Nephite language, and Ripliancum was the name given to a large body of water. So, the word segment eantum/eancum seems to have meant either something about water or something about a large quantity. There are many other clear word segments. I have now figured out how to get a computer to automatically identify common word segments in the Nephite and Jaredite languages and calculate statistical likelihoods that a word segment was a meaningful element in the Nephite and Jaredite languages. These results will follow in a future blog post. For now, enjoy the results of this blog post:

aaron:

 

abel:

 

abinadi: abinadom .18, aminadab .32, aminadi .22

 

abinadom: abinadi .18, aminadab .32, aminadi .32, edom .33, sidom .34

 

abish: abel .34, agosh .33, akish .29, josh .35, kish .30, laish .31

 

ablom: curelom .31, elam .31, helam .32, shiblom .25, shiblum .30, shilom .30

 

abraham:

 

adam: edom .32

 

agosh: abish .33, akish .33, hagoth .35, josh .30, kish .35

 

aha: ahah .23

 

ahah: aha .14, ahaz .30, ephah .35, mahah .21

 

ahaz: aha .29, ahah .30

 

aiath: heth .34, ogath .33, seth .34

 

akish: abish .29, agosh .33, josh .35, kish .18, laish .31, riplakish .33

 

alma: elam .34

 

alpha: alma .33

 

amaleki: amalekite .14, amalickiah .22, amaron .35, amulek .31, malachi .25, melek .33, mulek .33, muloki .29

 

amalekite: amaleki .14, amalickiah .24, amalickiahite .22, ammonite .35, malachi .29

 

amalickiah: amaleki .22, amalekite .24, amalickiahite .13, jeberechiah .34, malachi .29, remaliah .34, zedekiah .29

 

amalickiahite: amaleki .25, amalekite .22, amalickiah .13, amlicite .34, ammonihahite .34, malachi .30, zedekiah .33

 

amaron: aaron .33, amaleki .35, ammaron .26, ammoron .32, amoron .25, emron .25, migron .33, moron .31, moroni .33

 

amgid: ammah .34, ammon .34, amnor .34, gid .28

 

aminadab: abinadi .32, abinadom .32, aminadi .18, benjamin .35

 

aminadi: abinadi .22, abinadom .32, aminadab .18

 

amlici: amlicite .16, ammah .35, ammon .35, amulek .35, amulon .35

 

amlicite: amlici .16, ammonite .32

 

ammah: amgid .34, ammaron .31, ammon .30, ammoron .33, amnor .34, lamah .30, ramah .30

 

ammaron: aaron .34, amaron .26, ammah .31, ammon .31, ammonite .30, ammoron .24, amoron .32, amulon .33, emron .31, migron .34, moron .35

 

ammon: amgid .34, ammah .30, ammaron .31, ammonite .28, ammoron .28, amnor .34, mormon .34, moron .34, zion .33

 

ammonihah: ahah .33, ammah .34, ammon .31, ammonihahite .15, ammonite .28, ammoron .35, amnihu .29, cumenihah .25, limhah .34, mahah .34, mathonihah .28, moronihah .27, nephihah .32, onihah .23, orihah .31, zemnarihah .34

 

ammonihahite: amalickiahite .34, ammon .33, ammonihah .15, ammonite .26, amnihu .31, cumenihah .31, josephite .35, mathonihah .33, moronihah .32, onihah .30

 

ammonite: amalekite .35, amlicite .32, ammah .33, ammaron .30, ammon .28, ammonihah .28, ammonihahite .26, ammoron .33, amulonites .34, lamanite .34

 

ammoron: amaron .32, ammah .33, ammaron .24, ammon .28, ammonite .33, amoron .28, amulon .33, emron .33, moron .31, moroni .33

 

amnigaddah: amnihu .32

 

amnihu: ammonihah .29, amnor .34, cumenihah .34, onihah .34

 

amnor: amgid .34, ammah .34, ammon .34, amnihu .34, comnor .23, kimnor .23, omner .32

 

amoron: amaron .25, ammaron .32, ammoron .28, cumorah .32, emron .29, migron .35, mormon .33, moron .23, moroni .29

 

amos: amoz .27, moses .35

 

amoz: amos .27

 

amulek: amlici .35, amulon .24, melek .28, mulek .23, muloki .33, samuel .33

 

amulon: amlici .35, ammaron .33, ammon .34, ammoron .33, amulek .24, amulonites .26, samuel .33, shemlon .33

 

amulonites: ammonite .34, amulek .33, amulon .26

 

anathoth: aiath .35, antum .35

 

angola:

 

ani-anti: antion .32, antipas .33, antipus .33, antum .32, lehonti .33, manti .28, onti .31

 

anti-nephi-lehi: ani-anti .34, anti-nephi-lehies .08, antion .34, antipas .35, antipus .35, antum .35, lehi .32, lehi-nephi .23, nephi .33, nephite .34

 

anti-nephi-lehies: ani-anti .35, anti-nephi-lehi .08, antion .35, lehi-nephi .26, nephi .34, nephite .35

 

antiomno: antion .30, antionah .26, antionum .29, antiparah .33, antipas .35, antipus .35, antum .34, gadiomnah .34, gimgimno .34, omni .35, teomner .31

 

antion: ani-anti .32, antiomno .30, antionah .24, antionum .27, antipas .31, antipus .31, antum .30, manti .34

 

antionah: antiomno .26, antion .24, antionum .25, antiparah .30, antipas .35, antipus .35, madmenah .35, rabbanah .35

 

antionum: antiomno .29, antion .27, antionah .25, antiparah .33, antipas .35, antipus .35, antum .32, senum .32

 

antiparah: antiomno .33, antion .35, antionah .30, antionum .33, antipas .27, antipus .30, cumorah .35, sarah .32

 

antipas: ani-anti .33, antiomno .35, antion .31, antionah .35, antionum .35, antiparah .27, antipus .18, antum .31, manti .34

 

antipus: ani-anti .33, antiomno .35, antion .31, antionah .35, antionum .35, antiparah .30, antipas .18, antum .31, manti .34

 

antum: antion .30, antipas .31, antipus .31, irreantum .24, manti .34, seantum .21

 

archeantus: antipus .35, antum .34, corianton .34, coriantum .33, coriantumr .35, gadianton .34, irreantum .32, morianton .34, moriantum .33, seantum .31

 

arpad:

 

assyria: samaria .32, syria .19

 

babylon: amulon .33, heshlon .34, shemlon .34

 

bashan: jashon .25, jershon .31

 

benjamin: aminadab .35, aminadi .34

 

bethabara:

 

boaz:

 

bountiful:

 

cain:

 

calno:

 

carchemish: abish .35, akish .35, chemish .19, kish .34, laish .33

 

cezoram: corom .32, helorum .33, jarom .34, luram .31, seezoram .11, sherem .35, zeram .33, zoram .29

 

chaldeans: chaldees .24

 

chaldees: chaldeans .24

 

chemish: abish .33, akish .33, carchemish .19, kish .32, laish .30, michmash .34, tarshish .34

 

cherubim: gebim .34, seraphim .34

 

cohor: comnor .33, corihor .29, korihor .29, nehor .29

 

com:

 

comnor: amnor .23, cohor .33, com .30, corihor .35, kimnor .25, omner .35

 

corianton: antion .34, antum .35, archeantus .34, coriantor .17, coriantum .16, coriantumr .21, corihor .34, corom .34, gadiandi .35, gadianton .23, irreantum .33, moriancumer .32, morianton .14, moriantum .25, seantum .33

 

coriantor: corianton .17, coriantum .18, coriantumr .21, corihor .31, corom .34, gadiandi .35, gadianton .32, irreantum .34, moriancumer .32, morianton .26, moriantum .27, seantum .34

 

coriantum: antum .25, archeantus .33, corianton .16, coriantor .18, coriantumr .16, corihor .34, corom .33, gadiandi .35, gadianton .32, irreantum .25, moriancumer .32, morianton .25, moriantum .14, ripliancum .35, seantum .24, teancum .34

 

coriantumr: antum .34, archeantus .35, corianton .21, coriantor .21, coriantum .16, corihor .35, corom .35, gadianton .34, irreantum .32, moriancumer .27, morianton .29, moriantum .25, seantum .32

 

corihor: cohor .29, comnor .35, corianton .34, coriantor .31, coriantum .34, corom .31, korihor .23, nehor .33, pahoran .35

 

corom: cezoram .32, com .33, corihor .31, esrom .33, ezrom .33, helorum .32, jarom .28, luram .32, moron .34, sherem .33

 

cumeni: cumenihah .26, cumom .30, kumen .30, pacumeni .29

 

cumenihah: ahah .33, ammonihah .25, ammonihahite .31, amnihu .34, cumeni .26, limhah .34, mahah .34, mathonihah .29, moronihah .29, nephihah .33, onihah .25, orihah .32, zemnarihah .34

 

cumom: cumeni .30, curelom .34, kumen .30

 

cumorah: amoron .32, antiparah .35, cumom .34, gomorrah .24, sarah .33

 

curelom: ablom .31, cumom .34, elam .31, helam .32, shiblom .33, shiblum .35, shilom .32

 

deseret:

 

desolation:

 

edom: adam .32, sidom .27

 

egypt:

 

egyptian: egypt .29

 

elam: ablom .31, alma .34, helam .20

 

elijah: lehi .34

 

emer: omer .21

 

emron: amaron .25, ammaron .31, ammoron .33, amoron .29, migron .32, moron .30, nimrod .35

 

enos: jonas .27, neas .34, zenos .20

 

ephah: ahah .35

 

ephraim: ephah .34

 

esrom: corom .33, ezrom .15, jarom .33, zeezrom .26, zeram .32, zoram .32

 

ethem: ether .26, hearthom .31, hem .34, jotham .25, nahom .35, shem .35, shum .34

 

ether: emer .34, ethem .26, limher .32

 

eve:

 

ezias:

 

ezrom: corom .33, esrom .15, jarom .33, zeezrom .21, zeram .27, zoram .27

 

gad: gid .34

 

gadiandi: gad .32, gadianton .22, gadiomnah .30, giddianhi .32

 

gadianton: antion .34, antum .35, archeantus .34, corianton .23, coriantor .32, coriantum .32, coriantumr .34, gad .33, gadiandi .22, gadiomnah .31, giddianhi .32, irreantum .34, morianton .23, moriantum .32, seantum .33

 

gadiomnah: antiomno .34, gad .33, gadiandi .30, gadianton .31, limnah .34, madmenah .35, teomner .34

 

gallim: urim .34

 

gazelem: helem .34, salem .35, shelem .35

 

geba: gebim .27

 

gebim: geba .27

 

gibeah:

 

gid: gad .34

 

giddianhi: gadiandi .32, gadianton .32, gid .33, giddonah .27, gideon .35, gidgiddonah .30, gidgiddoni .32, kumenonhi .35

 

giddonah: gid .32, giddianhi .27, gideon .34, gidgiddonah .08, gidgiddoni .21, limnah .34, middoni .28

 

gideon: gid .30, giddianhi .35, giddonah .34, gilead .34, midian .27

 

gidgiddonah: gid .33, giddianhi .30, giddonah .08, gideon .35, gidgiddoni .14, limnah .35, middoni .30

 

gidgiddoni: gid .33, giddianhi .32, giddonah .21, gideon .34, gidgiddonah .14, lamoni .34, mathoni .34, middoni .21, moroni .34

 

gilead: gideon .34, gilgah .31, gilgal .31

 

gilgah: gilead .31, gilgal .18

 

gilgal: gilead .31, gilgah .18

 

gimgimno: antiomno .34, himni .35, kimnor .33

 

gomorrah: amoron .32, cumorah .24, sarah .33

 

hagoth: agosh .35, hamath .31, ogath .35, tubaloth .34

 

hamath: aiath .32, hagoth .31, laman .35, ogath .34, ramath .20

 

hearthom: ethem .31, jotham .32, nahom .34

 

helam: ablom .32, curelom .32, elam .20, helaman .26, helem .24, helorum .33, shelem .33, shiblom .34, shiblum .34, shilom .32

 

helaman: helam .26, helem .30, laman .28, lamanite .34, lamoni .34

 

helem: helam .24, helaman .30, helorum .35, hem .33, melek .34, salem .29, shelem .17

 

helorum: cezoram .33, corom .32, helam .33, helem .35, jarom .34, luram .33, seezoram .33, sherem .35

 

hem: shem .25

 

hermounts:

 

heshlon: amulon .34, babylon .34, shemlon .32

 

heth: aiath .34, hem .34, seth .27

 

himni: kimnor .35, lamoni .34, limnah .35, omni .27

 

horeb: oreb .20

 

immanuel: samuel .31

 

irreantum: antum .24, archeantus .32, corianton .33, coriantor .34, coriantum .25, coriantumr .32, gadianton .34, morianton .33, moriantum .25, seantum .21, teancum .33

 

isaac:

 

isabel: abel .32

 

isaiah:

 

ishmael: ishmaelite .18, israel .30

 

ishmaelite: ishmael .18, israelite .25, lemuelite .32

 

israel: isabel .34, ishmael .30, israelite .20

 

israelite: ishmaelite .25, israel .20, lemuelite .33

 

jacob: jacobite .22, jacom .24

 

jacobite: jacob .22, jacobugath .32, jacom .29

 

jacobugath: jacob .30, jacobite .32, jacom .33, ogath .29

 

jacom: com .29, jacob .24, jarom .35, mocum .32

 

jared: jaredite .27, jarom .27

 

jaredite: jared .27, jarom .32

 

jarom: corom .28, esrom .33, ezrom .33, jacom .35, jared .27, luram .32, urim .34

 

jashon: bashan .25, jershon .26

 

jeberechiah: amalickiah .34, jeremiah .32, sariah .35, zechariah .35, zedekiah .33

 

jehovah:

 

jeneum: neum .26

 

jeremiah: ramah .33, remaliah .32, sariah .35, uriah .35, uzziah .35

 

jershon: bashan .31, jared .35, jarom .35, jashon .26

 

jerusalem: helem .34, salem .30, shelem .35

 

jesse:

 

jew:

 

john:

 

jonas: enos .27, neas .32, zenos .32

 

jordan: sidon .33

 

joseph: josephite .21

 

josephite: joseph .21, nephite .30

 

josh: agosh .30, kish .34

 

joshua: isaiah .34, josh .22

 

jotham: ethem .25, hearthom .32, shum .34

 

judah: judea .35, onidah .31

 

judea:

 

kib: kim .33, lib .33

 

kim: kib .33

 

kimnor: amnor .23, comnor .25, himni .35, kim .30

 

kish: abish .30, akish .18, josh .34, kib .34, kim .34, laish .30

 

kishkumen: akish .33, cumeni .35, kish .29, kumen .24, kumenonhi .35, laman .35

 

korihor: cohor .29, corihor .23, nehor .33

 

kumen: cumeni .30, cumom .30, kishkumen .33, laman .32, mormon .33

 

kumenonhi: cumeni .29, giddianhi .35, kumen .28

 

laban: laish .34, lamah .34, laman .30

 

lachoneus:

 

laish: abish .31, akish .31, josh .35, kish .30, laban .34, lamah .34, laman .34

 

lamah: ammah .30, laban .34, laish .34, laman .25, limhi .34, ramah .28

 

laman: helaman .28, kumen .32, laban .30, laish .34, lamah .25, lamanite .21, lamoni .31, mormon .33

 

lamanite: ammonite .34, helaman .34, lamah .29, laman .21, lemuelite .35

 

lamoni: helaman .34, himni .34, laman .31, moroni .33, omni .33

 

lebanon: minon .33, shemnon .34

 

lehi: levi .33, limhi .34

 

lehi-nephi: anti-nephi-lehi .23, lehi .27, nephi .27, nephite .32, zenephi .33

 

lehonti: ani-anti .33, lehi .34, manti .31, onti .26

 

lemuel: lemuelite .20, samuel .31

 

lemuelite: lamanite .35, lemuel .20

 

levi: lehi .33

 

liahona:

 

lib: kib .33

 

limhah: ahah .30, limher .24, limhi .22, limnah .28, mahah .30, nephihah .34, onihah .33, orihah .33

 

limher: ether .32, limhah .24, limhi .23, limnah .30

 

limhi: lamah .34, lehi .34, limhah .22, limher .23, limnah .29

 

limnah: giddonah .34, himni .35, limhah .28, limher .30, limhi .29

 

luram: adam .34, cezoram .31, corom .32, helorum .33, jarom .32, sherem .33, zeram .33, zoram .33

 

madmenah: antionah .35, gadiomnah .35, rabbanah .35

 

mahah: aha .28, ahah .21, limhah .30, onihah .32, orihah .32

 

maher-shalal-hash-baz:

 

malachi: amaleki .25, amalekite .29, amalickiah .29, muloki .35

 

manasseh:

 

manti: ani-anti .28, antion .34, antum .34, lehonti .31, onti .27

 

mary:

 

mathoni: lamoni .33, mathonihah .30, middoni .34, moroni .33

 

mathonihah: ahah .34, ammonihah .28, ammonihahite .33, cumenihah .29, limhah .35, mahah .33, mathoni .30, moronihah .27, nephihah .33, onidah .34, onihah .23, orihah .32, zemnarihah .34

 

medes:

 

melchizedek:

 

melek: amulek .28, helem .34, mulek .24, muloki .34

 

michmash: chemish .34

 

middoni: giddonah .28, gidgiddoni .21, lamoni .33, mathoni .34, midian .32, moroni .33

 

midian: gideon .27, middoni .32

 

migron: amaron .33, ammaron .34, amoron .35, emron .32, minon .31

 

minon: lebanon .33, migron .31, shemnon .30

 

moab:

 

mocum: jacom .32, moab .34, moses .34, teancum .31

 

moriancumer: corianton .32, coriantor .32, coriantum .32, coriantumr .27, cumorah .35, emer .34, morianton .26, moriantum .26, moron .34, omer .34, ripliancum .33, teancum .33

 

morianton: amoron .35, antion .34, antum .35, archeantus .34, corianton .14, coriantor .26, coriantum .25, coriantumr .29, gadiandi .35, gadianton .23, irreantum .33, moriancumer .26, moriantum .16, mormon .32, moron .30, moroni .35, seantum .33

 

moriantum: antum .25, archeantus .33, corianton .25, coriantor .27, coriantum .14, coriantumr .25, gadiandi .35, gadianton .32, irreantum .25, moriancumer .26, morianton .16, mormon .35, moron .33, moroni .35, ripliancum .35, seantum .24, teancum .34

 

mormon: ammon .34, amoron .33, kumen .33, laman .33, morianton .32, moron .25, moroni .35

 

moron: ammon .34, ammoron .31, amoron .23, corom .34, emron .30, mormon .25, moroni .24, pahoran .32, siron .33, zion .34

 

moroni: amaron .33, ammoron .33, amoron .29, emron .33, lamoni .33, mathoni .33, middoni .33, mormon .35, moron .24, moronihah .26, omni .35

 

moronihah: ahah .33, ammonihah .27, ammonihahite .32, amoron .34, cumenihah .29, limhah .34, mahah .34, mathonihah .27, moron .31, moroni .26, nephihah .33, onidah .34, onihah .21, orihah .30, zemnarihah .34

 

moses: amos .35, moab .34, mocum .34

 

nimrod: emron .35, nimrah .21

 

noah:

 

ogath: aiath .33, hagoth .35, hamath .34, heth .35, ramath .34, seth .35

 

mosiah: isaiah .35, moses .35, uriah .35, uzziah .32

 

mulek: amulek .23, melek .24, muloki .24

 

muloki: amaleki .29, amulek .33, malachi .35, melek .34, mulek .24

 

nahom: ethem .35, shum .34

 

naphtali:

 

nazareth: heth .33, seth .33

 

neas: enos .34, jonas .32, neum .33

 

nehor: cohor .29, corihor .33, korihor .33, neas .34, nephi .34, nephite .35, neum .34

 

nephi: neas .33, nehor .34, nephihah .30, nephite .19, neum .33, zenephi .29

 

nephihah: ahah .32, ammonihah .32, cumenihah .33, ephah .34, limhah .34, mahah .33, mathonihah .33, moronihah .33, nephi .30, nephite .32, onihah .30, orihah .30, zemnarihah .33, zenephi .34

 

nephite: josephite .30, neas .34, nehor .35, nephi .19, nephihah .32, neum .34

 

neum: jeneum .26, neas .33, senum .35

 

nimrah: nimrod .21

 

omega:

 

omer: emer .21, omner .34

 

omner: amnor .32, comnor .35, omer .34, omni .27, teomner .21

 

omni: himni .27, lamoni .33, omner .27

 

onidah: judah .31, onihah .27

 

onihah: ahah .31, ammonihah .23, amnihu .34, cumenihah .25, limhah .33, mahah .32, mathonihah .32, moronihah .21, nephihah .30, onidah .27, orihah .26

 

onti: lehonti .35, manti .27

 

ophir:

 

oreb: horeb .20

 

orihah: ahah .31, limhah .33, mahah .32, moronihah .30, onihah .26, uriah .34

 

paanchi: teancum .35

 

pachus: pagag .35

 

pacumeni: cumeni .29, cumenihah .35

 

pagag:

 

pahoran: corihor .35, moron .32

 

palestina: philistine .34

 

pathros:

 

pekah:

 

pharaoh:

 

philistine: palestina .34

 

rabbanah: antionah .35, madmenah .35

 

rahab: ahaz .34

 

ramah: ammah .30, lamah .28, ramath .34

 

ramath: aiath .32, hamath .20, laman .35, ogath .34, rahab .35, ramah .34

 

rameumptom:

 

remaliah: amalickiah .34, jeremiah .32, sariah .35, uriah .35, uzziah .35

 

rezin:

 

riplah:

 

riplakish: abish .34, akish .24, chemish .35, kish .29, laish .33, riplah .31, ripliancum .32

 

ripliancum: coriantum .35, mocum .33, moriancumer .33, moriantum .35, riplah .33, riplakish .32, seantum .35, teancum .25

 

salem: gazelem .35, helem .29, shelem .30

 

sam:

 

samaria: assyria .32, sariah .33, syria .31

 

samuel: amulek .33, amulon .33, immanuel .31, lemuel .31, sam .31

 

sarah: sariah .27, seraphim .31

 

sariah: jeremiah .35, samaria .33, sarah .27, uriah .25, uzziah .34, zechariah .35

 

saul:

 

seantum: antum .21, corianton .33, coriantor .34, coriantum .24, coriantumr .32, gadianton .33, irreantum .21, morianton .33, moriantum .24, seezoram .35, senum .33, teancum .32

 

sebus: senine .35, senum .34

 

seezoram: cezoram .11, corom .32, helorum .33, jarom .34, luram .31, seantum .35, sherem .35, zeram .34, zoram .30

 

senine: sebus .35, senum .29

 

senum: neum .35, seantum .33, sebus .34, senine .29, sinim .34

 

seraphim: cherubim .34, sarah .31, shim .35

 

seth: aiath .34, heth .27

 

shared: jared .32, shazer .31, shurr .35

 

shazer: shared .31, shez .34, shiz .34, shurr .33

 

shearjashub: jashon .34, shum .34

 

shelem: gazelem .35, helam .33, helem .17, melek .35, salem .30, shem .29, sherem .33, sheum .30, shez .33, shilom .31, shule .34

 

shem: hem .25, shelem .29, sherem .29, sheum .28, shez .27, shim .29, shiz .34, shule .34, shum .29, shurr .34

 

shemlon: amulon .33, babylon .34, heshlon .32, shem .26, shemnon .24, sherem .34, sherrizah .35, sheum .34, shez .32, shiblon .33, shim .35, shum .35

 

shemnon: lebanon .34, minon .30, shem .26, shemlon .24, sherem .34, sherrizah .35, sheum .34, shez .32, shim .35, shum .35, zerahemnah .33

 

sherem: cezoram .35, corom .33, helorum .35, jarom .30, luram .33, seezoram .35, shelem .33, shem .29, shemlon .34, shemnon .34, sherrizah .30, sheum .30, shez .31, shilom .35, shum .33, shurr .35

 

sherrizah: shem .33, shemlon .35, shemnon .35, sherem .30, shez .33, shurr .35

 

sheum: neum .29, shelem .30, shem .28, shemlon .34, shemnon .34, sherem .30, shez .33, shiblom .35, shiblum .33, shilom .34, shim .30, shiz .35, shum .25

 

shez: shem .27, shim .34, shiz .29, shule .34, shum .34, shurr .34

 

shiblom: ablom .25, curelom .33, elam .33, helam .34, sheum .35, shiblon .18, shiblum .08, shilom .25, shim .32, shimnilom .32, shiz .32, shum .34

 

shiblon: shemlon .33, shiblom .18, shiblum .20, shilom .34, shim .32, shiz .32

 

shiblum: ablom .30, curelom .35, elam .33, helam .34, sheum .33, shiblom .08, shiblon .20, shilom .28, shim .32, shimnilom .34, shiz .32, shum .32

 

shiloah: noah .33, shilom .29, shim .34, shimnilom .35, shinar .34, shiz .34, shule .35

 

shilom: ablom .30, curelom .32, elam .32, helam .32, shelem .31, sherem .35, sheum .34, shiblom .25, shiblon .34, shiblum .28, shiloah .29, shim .33, shimnilom .29, shinar .31, shiz .33, shule .34, shum .33

 

shim: kim .34, shem .29, sheum .30, shez .34, shiz .27, shule .34, shum .29, shurr .34

 

shimnilom: himni .34, shiblom .32, shiblum .34, shiloah .35, shilom .29, shim .29, shiz .34

 

shinar: shiloah .34, shilom .31, shim .33, shiz .33

 

shiz: shem .34, shez .29, shim .27, shule .34, shum .34, shurr .34

 

shule: shem .34, shez .34, shim .34, shiz .34, shum .32, shurr .33

 

shum: ethem .34, nahom .34, shem .29, sherem .33, sheum .25, shez .34, shilom .33, shim .29, shiz .34, shule .32, shurr .32

 

shurr: shazer .33, shem .34, shez .34, shim .34, shiz .34, shule .33, shum .32

 

sidom: edom .27, sidon .23, sinai .34, sinim .34, siron .34

 

sidon: jordan .33, sidom .23, sinai .34, sinim .34, siron .30

 

sinai: sidon .34, sinim .28, siron .34

 

sinim: senum .34, sidom .34, sidon .34, sinai .28, siron .34

 

siron: moron .33, sidom .34, sidon .30, sinai .34, sinim .34

 

syria: assyria .19, samaria .31

 

tarshish: abish .34, akish .34, chemish .34, kish .33, laish .34

 

teancum: coriantum .34, irreantum .33, jacom .34, mocum .31, moriancumer .33, moriantum .34, paanchi .35, ripliancum .25, seantum .32

 

teomner: antiomno .31, gadiomnah .34, omner .21

 

thummim: ethem .34, jotham .35, urim .35

 

timothy:

 

tubaloth: hagoth .34

 

uriah: jeremiah .35, orihah .34, sariah .25, urim .34

 

urim: jarom .34, uriah .34

 

uzziah: jeremiah .35, sariah .34, uriah .29, zedekiah .35

 

zarahemla: shemlon .34, zerahemnah .23

 

zebulun:

 

zechariah: jeberechiah .35, sariah .26, uriah .29, zedekiah .32, zemnarihah .33

 

zedekiah: amalickiah .29, sariah .35, uriah .35, uzziah .35, zechariah .32

 

zeezrom: corom .35, esrom .26, ezrom .21, jarom .35, zeram .29, zoram .33

 

zemnarihah: ahah .34, ammonihah .34, cumenihah .34, limhah .35, mahah .34, mathonihah .34, moronihah .34, nephihah .33, onihah .32, orihah .26, sariah .34, zechariah .33

 

zenephi: nephi .29, nephihah .34, zenos .35

 

zeniff: zenock .30, zenos .29, zeram .35, zerin .35, ziff .33

 

zenock: enos .34, zeniff .30, zenos .24, zeram .35, zerin .35

 

zenos: enos .20, jonas .32, zenephi .35, zeniff .29, zenock .24, zeram .34, zerin .34

 

zerahemnah: limnah .31, shemnon .33, zarahemla .23

 

zeram: cezoram .33, esrom .32, ezrom .27, luram .33, seezoram .34, zeezrom .29, zenos .34, zerin .29, zoram .24

 

zerin: zenos .34, zeram .29

 

ziff:

 

zion:

 

zoram: cezoram .29, esrom .32, ezrom .27, luram .33, seezoram .30, zeezrom .33, zeram .24