Nephite

English

Etymology

From Nephi +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːfaɪt/

Noun

Nephite (plural Nephites)

1. (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

• Spanish: Nefita m

See also

• Mulek

Anagrams

• heptine