According to the
Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421 and during an interlude date ...
, Omni () is the first writer of several authors of the
Book of Omni
The Book of Omni () is one of the books that make up the Book of Mormon. The book contains only one chapter although it covers more than two centuries of Nephite history (from ''ca'' 323 BC to 130 BC, according to footnotes).
Stewardship of the ...
, and the son of
Jarom According to the Book of Mormon, Jarom () was a Nephite prophet, the son of the prophet Enos, who lived from about 420 BC to about 361 BC. Jarom is thought to have authored the Book of Jarom, which comprises 15 verses in the Book of Mormon.
Family ...
. It is believed that he was born in 390 BC. Omni wrote the first three verses of the Book of Omni before passing the responsibility of keeping the Book of Mormon record to his son,
Amaron
:''Amaron should not be confused with Ammaron, Ammoron, or Amoron, three other Book of Mormon figures with similar names.''
According to the Book of Mormon, Amaron () was a Nephite record keeper, who received the Plates of Nephi from his father O ...
. His writings are shown below:
Family
Possible origin of the name
Hugh Nibley
Hugh Winder Nibley (March 27, 1910 – February 24, 2005) was an American scholar and an apologist of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who was a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) for nearly 50 years. He was a ...
relates the name to the Egyptian deity
Amon
Amon may refer to:
Mythology
* Amun, an Ancient Egyptian deity, also known as Amon and Amon-Ra
* Aamon, a Goetic demon
People Momonym
* Amon of Judah ( 664– 640 BC), king of Judah
Given name
* Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), American pu ...
,
[ Nibley, Hugh & Hummel, Sharman Bookwalter (ed.) ''Nibley's Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1'' (2013), ASIN: B00GFY0GUO] and states:
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isname is very obvious. It means 'belonging to Amon'. Remember Amon is the name in the Book of Mormon. There are more Ammon names and Amon compounds than anything else, because actually in the time of
Lehi, Amon was the god of the empire. It was the one time when God filled the Earth. Amon filled the Earth with the Egyptian Empire. They claimed everything, but always in the name of Amon....
monmeans 'the one who is not known, the secret one whom we can't name, whose name is not known to us.' but Omni means 'he who belongs to Amon.'"
This element can be found in the name of the 7th century Jewish king
Amon
Amon may refer to:
Mythology
* Amun, an Ancient Egyptian deity, also known as Amon and Amon-Ra
* Aamon, a Goetic demon
People Momonym
* Amon of Judah ( 664– 640 BC), king of Judah
Given name
* Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), American pu ...
.
Omni is also similar to the Biblical name "
Omri
Omri ( ; he, , ''‘Omrī''; akk, 𒄷𒌝𒊑𒄿 ''Ḫûmrî'' 'ḫu-um-ri-i'' fl. 9th century BC) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the sixth king of Israel. He was a successful military campaigner who extended the northern kingdom of ...
" (Hebrew: עמרי);
fl. 9th century BC) who was the sixth
king of Israel
This article is an overview of the kings of the United Kingdom of Israel as well as those of its successor states and classical period kingdoms ruled by the Hasmonean dynasty and Herodian dynasty.
Kings of Ancient Israel and Judah
The Hebr ...
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References
Book of Mormon people
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