Coined in the Book of Mormon, this word meaning "honeybee" was applied to Utah before it became "Utah"
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State of Deseret Archives - Utah Department of Heritage and Arts  "Deseret" is a Book of Mormon term (Ether 2:3) meaning "honeybee. ... It continued until Congress created Utah Territory in September 1850 and .... the gold fields after 1849 but had been used by 1841 as a California branch of the Overland Trail. ... It was Fremont too who coined the term "Great Basin" and helped imbed the...
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7. The Beehive and Deseret: Mormon Symbols in Salt Lake City ...  When looking for symbols of the Book of Mormon in Salt Lake City, there is nothing ... word beehive to the ancient Jaredite word deseret, meaning honeybee (see Isaiah ... Alvin E. Rust, Mormon Utah Coin and Currency (Salt Lake City: Rust Rare ..... symbol used in American communities before being introduced in Nauvoo.
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on the etymology of deseret - By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog  proposal, and when Utah finally became a State in 1896 it bore the name of the federally- sanctioned ... fashion by Joseph Smith, unless Joseph simply coined it as a neologism out of the ether. ... In Egyptian, drt means the red crown (of the ... that was used to replace ... word drt and the Book of Mormon word deseret.5.
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State of Deseret - Wikipedia  The State of Deseret was a provisional state of the United States, proposed in 1849 by settlers ... The name derives from the word for "honeybee" in the Book of Mormon. ... Realizing that California and New Mexico were applying for admission as ... The proposal encompassed nearly all of present-day Utah and Nevada,...
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LESSON 36 - LDSGospelDoctrine.net  Become familiar with the geography of the Holy Land and regions ... Chapter 1 is Israel's arraignment before God  a courtroom scene in which Israel is the ... Israel was first used by Isaiah. .... the Book of Mormon Jaredite word meaning honeybee. ... that assignment of the name of Utah to the state was contrived by those...
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Exodus 16:31 KJV: And the house of Israel called the name thereof ...  And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like {n} coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. (n) In form...
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13. "The Rest of the Story" (Genesis 9:18-29) | Bible.org  Nov 8, 2006 ... The Hebrew word translated uncovered (galah) means to be .... If Noah had not fallen away after the flood, perhaps God would have taken him away .... The name Japheth is thought to mean to enlarge or to make wide.
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Utah Becomes a State  A choir sings in the Salt Lake LDS Tabernacle in 1896. ... Under the Compromise of 1850, Congress formed the Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory. ... permitting Utahns to "form a Constitution and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing ... One of these requirements was to ban polygamy in the state constitution.
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Miracle of the gulls - Wikipedia  The miracle of the gulls is an 1848 event often credited by Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") for saving the Mormon pioneers' first harvest in the Salt Lake Valley. According to Mormonism, seagulls miraculously saved the 1848 crops by ... These insects, now called "Mormon crickets" because of this incident, are not true crickets,...
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Profile on volleyball player Dre Downs  Collegian Archives  Nov 16, 2004 ... Maybe it is because the state symbol is a beehive. Or it could be because Levan, a town in the middle of Utah, is so named because it is "navel" spelled backwards. Or maybe it is because birds allegedly have the right of way...
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Prophecies in the Bible about Joseph Smith - Ensign Jan. 1989 ...  The Prophet Joseph Smith was raised up so that the Lord's words could be had again ... only a few individuals (other than Christ) are prophesied of by name. ... sticks represent the Bible (the stick of Judah) and the Book of Mormon (the stick ... And the learned shall say, Bring hither the book and I will read them; and now...
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Joshua 10  The Southern Kings Conquered - Enduring Word  (1-5) The southern kings of Canaan assemble for an attack on Gibeon. ... Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done ... His name, Adoni-Zedek means Lord of Righteousness, though we see him as really the .... And they drew near and put their feet on their necks.
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3. The Law: The First Five Books | Bible.org  Aug 18, 2004 ... The name Genesis is taken from the Septuagint (LXX), the Greek translation of ... In the book of Genesis all the major themes of the Bible have their origin. ... Exodus is a Latin word derived from the Greek exodos, the name given to ... This holy law, including the Ten Commandments, demonstrated God's...
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Seagulls, Miracle of - The Encyclopedia of Mormonism  The first LDS pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley in July 1847 (see ... The crickets were driven into fires and roasted, and then stored in baskets ... Over time, the 1848 "cricket war," now called "the miracle of the gulls," ... In honor of this occasion, the indigenous California gull became the Utah state bird, and in 1913 the...
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The state motto of Utah is simply "Industry" | United States of ...  A beehive appears on Utah's flag and state seal, the state insect is the .... Timpanogos Caves, Park City, Great Salt Lake, Bingham Copper Pit, Salt Lake City. ..... Post from another Pinterst: Lived in BIrmingham 2 1/2 years in the late 70's. ...... Pit Copper, Copper Mines, Utah Copper, Canyon Copper, Half Miles, Miles Wide, 2...
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Pickin' Hats/States  The present U.S. state was called Alta (Upper) California. ... Michigan -From Chippewa words mici gama meaning "great water," after the lake ... Proposed name Deseret, "land of honeybees," from Book of Mormon, was rejected by Congress.
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American History: Brigham Young Leads His Mormons to a New Home  Smith based it on what he said were God's words to the ancient people of ... For a while, they settled in the state of Illinois, in a town they built and called Nauvoo. ... They told Brigham Young about a great salt lake in a wide valley on the ... At first, the Mormons were ruled only by the laws of their church and by their leader.
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Origin of the Book of Mormon - Wikipedia  There are several theories as to the actual origin of the Book of Mormon. Most adherents to the Latter Day Saint movement view the book as a work of inspired scripture. The most common theory accepted by adherents is that promoted by Joseph Smith, who said he translated the work .... The Book of Mormon claims to have been written over 1100 years prior to the...
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Mormon (Book of Mormon prophet) - Wikipedia  Mormon /mrmn/ is believed by followers of Mormonism to have been the narrator of much of the Book of Mormon, a sacred religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which describes him as a prophet-historian and a member of a tribe of indigenous Americans ... As the last prophet and keeper of the record, Moroni is said to have become...
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Brightest Bulb In the Box: Beauty for Critical Minds: Uh, That's Not ...  Jun 23, 2013 ... The actual Greek word for beauty was "kallos" ("kalos" being the adjective). The word in ... The second half of Sephora's name supposedly comes from the Biblical character Zipporah, the wife of Moses. The reason ... Gotta say, I wouldn't set foot in a store called Horsheba; It sounds like a pet store. Reply...
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jeopardy/3015_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  UTAH | This Mormon left his name on the Utah canyon seen here, which he described as "a hell of a place to lose a cow" | Ebenezer Bryce. right: Wrong:.