This is an entry in an ongoing, periodic series I call “An LDS Lexicon.” Each entry in my LDS Lexicon series contains etymology, etymologically related words, some information about the Hebrew and Greek terms from which the word is translated in the Bible (if applicable), and some personal insights about the word.

The views expressed here and in other entries in this series are my own and should not be construed to represent the official doctrine of the LDS Church. They are subject to change and amendment.

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This is the second entry in an on-going series I call “An LDS Lexicon.” Each entry in my LDS Lexicon series contains etymology, etymologically related words, some information about the Hebrew and Greek terms from which the word is translated in the Bible (if applicable), and some personal insights about the word.

This entry has been corrected and updated from when it was originally posted.

This is the first entry in what I hope will be an on-going series I call “An LDS Lexicon.”

I have always been interested in words, their etymologies, meanings, and relationships. Often we uses words with only a superficial understanding of what they can mean, how they have changed, and how they can relate to other concepts. Of course, language itself is ever changing, but I think that we often underestimate how some interrelated meanings and word roots are propagated with little change throughout history.

For a while I have wanted to compile information and insights about the words that we use in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as we talk about the Gospel and the Church. Each entry in my LDS Lexicon series will contain etymology, etymologically related words, some information about the Hebrew and and Greek terms from which the word is translated in the Bible (if applicable), and some personal insights about the word.