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Women in The Book of Mormon

The document provides statistics and information about references to women in the Book of Mormon. It includes tables listing the number of times different terms related to women are used, and names of specific women mentioned. It also provides explanations of the roles women are described as having and notes they are referenced more than most readers may realize.

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Women in The Book of Mormon

The document provides statistics and information about references to women in the Book of Mormon. It includes tables listing the number of times different terms related to women are used, and names of specific women mentioned. It also provides explanations of the roles women are described as having and notes they are referenced more than most readers may realize.

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Women in the Book of Mormon

Widow (2)
Widows (5) Mother (12) Woman (5)
Mothers (5) Women (50)
Sisters (1)

Female (5)

Concubines (9)
Harlot (1); Harlots (5)

Daughter (8)
Daughters (68)

Wife (30)
Wives (50)

Maidservant (1)
Maid (1)
Mistress (1)

Specific Women Mentioned in the Book of Mormon


Title Number Specific Women Mentioned

Known by name 6 Eve, Sarah, Mary, Sariah, Isabel, Abish


Known as wives or 12 Lehi’s, Ishmael’s, Nephi’s, Lamoni’s, Lamoni’s father’s,
queens Amalickiah’s, Coriantum’s, Akish’s, Zoram’s, Laman’s,
Lemuel’s, Sam’s
Known as daughters at least 44 Ishmael’s (5 or more), Laman’s (2 or more), Lemuel’s (2 or
more), Lehi’s (2 or more), Lamoni’s (2 or more), Jared’s,
Coriantumr’s (2 or more), Cohor’s (2 or more), Corihor’s
(2 or more), 24 Lamanite daughters

Charting the Book of Mormon, © 1999 Welch, Welch, FARMS Chart 108
Comparative Studies
Chart 108

Women in the Book of Mormon

Key Scriptures 1 Nephi 16:7; Jacob 2:31–35

Explanation Although women do not receive prominent attention in all parts of


the Book of Mormon, they are referred to more often than most
readers realize. Six are mentioned by name (Eve, Sarah, Mary,
Sariah, Isabel, Abish); others are known by title (such as Ishmael’s
daughters, King Lamoni’s wife, or Morianton’s maidservant).
Many more women are recognized collectively, primarily in their
roles as wives, mothers, and daughters, but also as sisters, maids,
and widows. Women are also mentioned frequently as members of
numerous groups, multitudes, cities, or general populations. Only
two women (Isabel and the daughter of Jared) are seen explicitly in
negative roles; most others (notably the twenty-four Lamanite
daughters and the mothers of Helaman’s stripling warriors) are
seen as strong, righteous individuals. The totals on this chart do not
include pronoun references or metaphorical allusions to women.

Sources Allison Welch, student of John W. Welch, Book of Mormon 121H,


Brigham Young University, fall 1997; and Donna Lee Bowen and
Camille S. Williams, “Women in the Book of Mormon,” in Daniel
H. Ludlow, ed., Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 5 vols. (1992),
4:1577–80.

Charting the Book of Mormon, © 1999 Welch, Welch, FARMS

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