Nephites

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The Nephites are a prominent ancient people in the Book of Mormon narrative, depicted as a civilization descended from the prophet Lehi’s family in the Americas and central to the book’s religious and historical themes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nephites canonical 6
Nephite 1
land of Zarahemla 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of Mormon people
religious group in scripture
acceptedLaw gospel of Jesus Christ (after Christ’s coming, according to Book of Mormon)
alliedWith Mulekites
ancestor Lehi
Nephi
linked to: Lehi
associatedWith gold plates (as source of Book of Mormon)
centralFigure Jesus Christ (as depicted in Book of Mormon)
linked to: Jesus Christ
conflictWith Gadianton robbers
Lamanites
contrastedWith Lamanites as spiritual foil
covenantStatus covenant people of God (according to Book of Mormon)
culturalAttribute complex legal and political institutions
emphasis on literacy and record keeping
describedIn Book of Mormon
eventuallyDestroyedBy Lamanites (according to Book of Mormon)
linked to: Lamanites
finalBattleLocation Hill Cumorah (according to Book of Mormon)
linked to: Hill Cumorah
finalMilitaryLeader Mormon
finalRecordKeeper Moroni
geographicSetting ancient Americas (according to Book of Mormon)
interactedWith Jaredites (via records)
Lamanites
keptRecordsOn metal plates
keyNarrativeFunction central covenant people in Book of Mormon narrative
missionaryActivity preaching to Lamanites
moralExemplarFor Latter-day Saint readers
moralThemeIn cycle of righteousness and wickedness
namedAfter Nephi
originatedFrom family of Lehi
politicalSystem monarchy (in early period, according to Book of Mormon)
republican judges (later period, according to Book of Mormon)
primaryLanguage reformed Egyptian (according to Book of Mormon)
religiousHoliday commemoration of deliverance and victories (described in Book of Mormon)
religiousLaw law of Moses (before Christ’s coming, according to Book of Mormon)
religiousOffice high priest
prophet
religiousPractice baptism
prayer
sacrifice (before Christ’s coming, according to Book of Mormon)
religiousText Book of Mormon record
linked to: Book of Mormon

large plates of Nephi
plates of Nephi
small plates of Nephi
religiousTradition Latter-day Saint movement
scripturalRole preservers of sacred records
witnesses of Christ’s resurrection (according to Book of Mormon)
timeFrame approximately 600 BC to 400 AD (internal Book of Mormon chronology)
visitedBy Jesus Christ (according to Book of Mormon)
linked to: Jesus Christ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mormon ethnicityInText Nephite
linked to: Nephites
Mormon (primary editor-narrator) associatedWithPlace land of Zarahemla
linked to: Nephites
Lamanites opposedGroup Nephites
Lamanites relatedGroup Nephites
Jaredites preceded Nephites
Mulekites mergedWith Nephites