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- O'GATH
- Jaredite name for a place near Cumorah hill (Ramah to the Jaredites) where Shiz took a position during the mobilization of his troops preceding his final struggle with Coriantumr at Ramah hill. Eth. vi:82.
- O'MER
- A righteous Jaredite king. He was the fourth royal descendant of Jared, the son and successor of King Shule; the father of Prince Jared who rebelled and displaced him for a time, and also the father of Emer who succeeded him. It was during his reign that Akish at the instance of Jared organized the secret order to accomplish O.'s dethronement. Eth. i:6; iii:67-93; iv:l-17. (See Ablom.)
- OM'NER
- One of the sons of Mosiah II. He was an unbeliever in his early years and was evidently converted along with his brothers and Alma II. He accompanied his brethren on their mission from Zarahemla to the Lamanites in the land of Nephi in 91 B. C. He was afterward associated with Alma and others in their mission to the Zoramites, 74 B. C., in the land of Antionum. His brothers were Ammon, Aaron and Himni. About seventeen years elapsed from the first to the last mention of his name. He probably died in the land of Zarahemla where he was undoubtedly born. Mos. xi:159-xii:21. Al. xii:l-27; xvi:99-115.
- OM'NER, City of
- A Nephite city on the eastern sea-board. The Lamanites under Amalickiah captured it in 66 B. C. and lost it in 3-6 years later. It is to be believed that they obtained it again in 34 B. C. Al. xxiii:31-33.
- OM'NI
- A Nephite prophet and custodian of the sacred records which he received from his father Jarom, 62 B. C., and committed to his son Amaron 318 B. C., after retaining them 44 years. He spent his life without doubt in the land of Nephi. Jar.29-32; Om. 1-10.
- OM'NI, Book of
- Sixth book of the B. of M., between Jarom and Words of Mormon; has but one chapter and 54 verses, but was furnished by no less than five authors: Omni, Amaron, Chemish, Abinadom and Amaleki, who held the plates in succession from 362 B. C. till later than 200 B. C., covering a period, therefore, of approximately 200 years. It records the important event of the mi-gration of the Nephites under Mosiah I from the land of Nephi to the land of Zarahemla-about 200 B. C.
- OM'NIP'O-TENT, Lord
- Applied to Christ. Mos. i:116-122.
- O-NI'DAH, O-ni'dah, Hill
- Where Alma II preached to the Zoramites, 74 B. C.-Al. xvi:124.
- O'NI'DAH
- A place, a Lamanite possession, "place of arms." It was here that the dissentient Lamanites fled (72 B. C.), under Lehonti, who were not willing to be forced into another war with the Nephites at the instance of Amalickiah. For armed resistance the revolutionists assembled on Mount Antipas. Al. xxi:81-89.
- O-NI'-HAH
Name of one of the cities which sunk in the convulsions at the time of the crucifixion of Christ (A. D. 34). 3 Ne. iv:32.
- ON'TI
- See Money.
- O'PHIR
- The Bible O.; mentioned only in 2 Ne. x:12 in a quotation from Isa. xiii.
- O'REB
- The Bible 0.; mentioned only in 2 Ne. ix: 105-115 in a quotation from Isa. x.
- O-RI'HAH
- First king of the Jaredites and the youngest of the four sons of Jared. He begat thirty-one children. He was succeeded in his long and righteous reign by his son Kib. It is not stated on which side of the ocean he was born. His reign was probably in Mexico; we would estimate his period at about 2100 B. C. Eth. i:6; iii:15-44.