Wondering how to use Nephites in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Nephites meaning
plural of Nephite
Using Nephites
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Nephite
- In the example corpus, nephites often appears in combinations such as: the nephites, nephites and, nephites who.
Context around Nephites
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nephites
- In this selection, "nephites" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, actual, failed, together and knew stand out and add context to how "nephites" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include among the nephites towards the and bc the nephites had trouble. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nephites" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nephites
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jacob went to the temple to teach the Nephites. (9 words)
The Nephites were ultimately successful in their defense against the Lamanites. (11 words)
The Nephites withstood numerous assaults by the Lamanites, and fortified their cities against them. (14 words)
The Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon contains a 37-page account of Christ's ministry after his resurrection, in which he appears to the Nephites and Lamanites in the Americas after rising from the tomb and ascending into heaven. (41 words)
Jacob then prophesied about events which would be fulfilled at the end of the Book of Mormon, around 385 AD, when the Nephites would be completely fallen away from God and wiped out to the last man by the Lamanites. (40 words)
The moral and general civilizational decline of the Nephites is reflected in the fact that with the exception of Abinadom who writes slightly more than his father Chemish, each successive author from Nephi to Abinadom writes less than his predecessor. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Enos does not say whether he was successful at converting the Nephites back to the true faith, but he does say the Nephites failed to convert the Lamanites back to the true faith.
Jacob writes that all the Jacobites, Josephites, and Zoramites were called Nephites together with the actual Nephites, and opposed to them were all the Lemuelites and Ishmaelites who were called Lamanites together with the actual Lamanites.
And there are even some Nephites who do not have stiff necks, and they have communion with the Holy Spirit.
Benjamin tells his sons that the plates are the only thing keeping the Nephites from dwindling in unbelief like the Lamanites.
But Jarom recommends that his readers go to the other plates that have all the records of the wars between the Nephites and Lamanites.
Enos then prayed for the salvation of the Nephites, but God said they would be blessed or cursed according to how they obeyed the commandments.
He also had them learn the writings on the plates of brass which were taken from Laban, which were the only way the Nephites knew the commandments of God given to Moses.
Jacob then prophesied about events which would be fulfilled at the end of the Book of Mormon, around 385 AD, when the Nephites would be completely fallen away from God and wiped out to the last man by the Lamanites.
Jacob went to the temple to teach the Nephites.
Jarom says most of the Nephites have stiff necks (like a stubborn ox who won't turn), but God is merciful to them and he has not destroyed them yet.
Ministry of Alma among the Nephites Towards the end of chapter four, Alma realizes that the affairs of the Church require his entire concentration.
Narrative In 52 BC the Nephites had trouble over the succession to Pahoran as judge among his sons.
Nevertheless, God made a covenant with Enos that he would bring the records of the Nephites to the Lamanites in due time.
The book describes the period of time immediately following the visit of Jesus Christ to the Book of Mormon peoples, in which time the Nephites and the Lamanites are all converted to the Church of Christ.
The Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon contains a 37-page account of Christ's ministry after his resurrection, in which he appears to the Nephites and Lamanites in the Americas after rising from the tomb and ascending into heaven.
The moral and general civilizational decline of the Nephites is reflected in the fact that with the exception of Abinadom who writes slightly more than his father Chemish, each successive author from Nephi to Abinadom writes less than his predecessor.
The Nephites wanted to know what had happened to some of them who had taken a trip back to the land of Nephi in an attempt to reclaim it.
The Nephites were ultimately successful in their defense against the Lamanites.
The Nephites withstood numerous assaults by the Lamanites, and fortified their cities against them.
There is a war between the Nephites led by Benjamin and the Lamanites, which by this time is nothing new.
Common combinations with nephites
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: