BOM People

Welcome to the comprehensive guide to every mainline person mentioned in the Book of Mormon. This page serves as an extensive repository of information, offering detailed descriptions of each individual who appears in this sacred text. From major prophets and military leaders to lesser-known figures, our goal is to provide a thorough exploration of their roles, relationships, and significance within the narrative. Whether you’re a student of scripture, a curious reader, or a researcher delving into Latter-day Saint theology, this resource aims to enhance your understanding of the Book of Mormon’s rich tapestry of characters. Each entry includes biographical details, key events involving the person, and their impact on the overall story, helping to bring these ancient figures to life and providing context for their place in the Book of Mormon’s complex history. You can browse or skip to the text only list to quicker find the person you are trying to reference by clicking here.

The big Alphabetical list

Aaron - LDS Flow

Aaron was one of the four sons of King Mosiah, along with Ammon, Omner, and Himni [1]. Like his brothers, Aaron was initially a rebellious unbeliever who sought to destroy the Church of God [2]. However, after an angelic visitation and his subsequent con...

Aaron(2) - LDS Flow

Aaron(2) was a Lamanite king who fought against the Nephite armies led by the prophet-general Mormon. In the 330th year, Aaron came against Mormon's army with an army of 44,000 men [1]. Mormon withstood him with an army of 42,000 men, and he was able to ...

Aaron(3) - LDS Flow

Aaron(3) was the son of Heth in the Jaredite genealogy, as recorded in the Book of Ether (Ether 1:16, 10:31). His grandfather, Hearthom, was deposed and placed in captivity, according to Endnote 1. [1] Several generations of Hearthom's family, includi...

Abinadi - LDS Flow

Abinadi was a prophet called by the Lord to preach to the people of King Noah in the land of Lehi-Nephi around 150 BC [1]. He was sent to warn the people to repent of their wickedness, which included idolatry, immorality, materialism, and pride [1]. When...

Abinadom - LDS Flow

Abinadom was a Nephite historian and soldier, the son of Chemish. He lived sometime between 279 and 130 B.C. [1] Abinadom wrote that he "saw much war and contention between my people, the Nephites, and the Lamanites; and I, with my own sword, have taken ...

Abish - LDS Flow

Abish was a Lamanite woman who was a servant or attendant in the court of King Lamoni. She had been converted to the Lord "for many years, on account of a remarkable vision of her father" [1][2]. This suggests that Abish had a spiritual experience, eithe...

Aha - LDS Flow

Aha was one of the sons of Zoram(2) who helped defeat the armies of the Lamanites at the river Sidon. This occurred after Zoram sought inspiration from the Lord [1]. The account states that Aha and the other sons of Zoram(2) helped defeat the Lamanite...

Ahah - LDS Flow

Ahah was a Jaredite king who ruled for a short time. According to the record in the book of Ether, Ahah was the son of Seth, who was part of the Jaredite lineage that descended from the brother of Jared (Ether 1:10). The book of Ether states that Ahah...

Akish - LDS Flow

Akish was a wicked Jaredite king who was enticed by lust for the daughter of Jared, the son of the Jaredite king Omer. [1][2] Jared offered Akish his daughter in marriage if Akish would kill the king, Omer. [1][2] Akish agreed and formed a secret combina...

Alma - LDS Flow

Alma was a Nephite prophet in the Book of Mormon. He was initially a priest who served in the court of the wicked King Noah. [1][2] When the prophet Abinadi preached to Noah's court and condemned the king and his people for their wickedness, Alma believe...

Alma(2) - LDS Flow

Alma(2) was the son of Alma(1), a prominent figure in the Book of Mormon. As a youth, Alma(2) was rebellious and expended great effort trying to destroy the church that his father had worked hard to establish [1][2]. While traveling with the four sons...

Amaleki(1) - LDS Flow

Amaleki was the son of Abinadom and the last writer on the small plates of Nephi. He was born during the days of King Mosiah the Elder and lived through the reign of King Benjamin [1][2]. Amaleki came from a lineage that had the responsibility of keep...

Amaleki(2) - LDS Flow

Amaleki(2) was part of the search group led by Ammon that was sent by King Mosiah to find the people of Zeniff, who had left Zarahemla years earlier to return to the land of Nephi [1]. When Ammon's group arrived in the land of Shilom, they were captured ...

Amaleki(1)'s brother - LDS Flow

Amaleki(1) mentions that his brother went into the wilderness with a group led by a man named Zeniff (Omni 1:30). This group was a small group of colonizers who left the land of Zarahemla to try and reclaim the land of Nephi, which had been overtaken by ...

Amalickiah - LDS Flow

Amalickiah was the leader of a rebellion against the established Nephite government during the time of Chief Judge Nephihah and his son Pahoran (Alma 46:3, Alma 50:38). At this time, Helaman was the head of the Nephite church. Amalickiah was an extrem...

Amaron - LDS Flow

Amaron was the son of Omni, who was commanded by his father Jarom to write on the small plates of Nephi to preserve their genealogy (Omni 1:1). Amaron took over the responsibility of keeping the records from his father Omni (Omni 1:3). According to th...

Amgid - LDS Flow

Amgid was a Jaredite king who ruled during the time when several generations of the family of Hearthom lived in captivity (Ether 10:30-31). This period saw a succession of Jaredite rulers, and Amgid was one of them. According to the record in Ether 10...

Aminadab - LDS Flow

Aminadab was a Nephite by birth who had dissented and was living among the Lamanites (Helaman 5:35). He was present when Nephi (3) and Lehi (3) were imprisoned by the Lamanites and surrounded by a pillar of fire (Helaman 5:22-25). When the Lamanites w...

Aminadi - LDS Flow

Aminadi was an ancestor of Amulek, who was "a descendant of Nephi, who was the son of Lehi, who came out of the land of Jerusalem, who was a descendant of Manasseh, who was the son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt" (Alma 10:3) [1]. Amulek specifically s...

Amlici - LDS Flow

Amlici was a cunning and wise man who arose shortly after Mosiah had established the rule of the judges in the land of the Nephites (Alma 2:1) [1]. He drew away many people after him and they began to endeavor to establish Amlici as king over the people ...

Ammah - LDS Flow

Ammah was one of Ammon's missionary companions on his mission to the Lamanites. Along with Aaron and Muloki, Ammah was imprisoned in the land of Middoni (Alma 20:2). When Ammon went to deliver his brethren from prison, the Lord directed him to go to Midd...

Ammaron - LDS Flow

Ammaron was the brother of Amos, and he became one of the keepers of the records after the appearance of the Savior to the Nephites (4 Nephi 1:47). By the time Ammaron received the plates, the people had become wicked. The Lord instructed Ammaron to hide...

Ammon(1) - LDS Flow

Ammon(1) was a strong and mighty man, and a descendant of Zarahemla (Mosiah 7:3) [1]. He was chosen by King Mosiah(2) to lead a group of sixteen men to go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi to inquire about the people who had gone there under Zeniff (Mosiah 7:...

Ammon(2) - LDS Flow

Ammon(2) was one of the sons of King Mosiah (Mosiah 27:34). He was one of Alma the Younger's companions in wickedness (Mosiah 27:35) when they were visited by an angel (Mosiah 27:10-11, Alma 17:2). As the firstborn of King Mosiah, Ammon was a man worthy ...

Ammoron - LDS Flow

Ammoron (Alma 52:3) was the brother of Amalickiah, the previous Lamanite king. After Amalickiah was killed by Teancum (Alma 51:34), one of Captain Moroni's commanders, Ammoron was appointed as the new king over the Lamanites. As the new Lamanite king,...

Amnigaddah - LDS Flow

Amnigaddah was the father of Coriantum and the son of Aaron (Ether 1:14-15). He was born into captivity, lived all his days in captivity, and died in the same condition (Ether 10:31) [1]. The Book of Ether provides details about Amnigaddah's lineage. ...

Amnor - LDS Flow

Amnor was one of the soldiers that Alma sent out to watch the camp of the Amlicites after the battle on the hill east of the river Sidon (Alma 2:22). The relevant verse states: "Now those whom he had sent out to watch the camp of the Amlicites were...

Amoron - LDS Flow

Amoron is briefly mentioned in Moroni 9:7, which states: "And now I write somewhat concerning the sufferings of this people. For according to the knowledge which I have received from Amoron, behold, the Lamanites have many prisoners, which they took from...

Amos(1) - LDS Flow

Amos(1) was the son of Nephi(5), who was a prominent figure in the Book of Mormon. Nephi(5) is mentioned in 4 Nephi 1:19, which states that he was one of the custodians of the Nephite records [4 Nephi 1:19]. As the son of Nephi(5), Amos(1) would have ...

Amos(2) - LDS Flow

Amos(2) was the son of Amos(1), as mentioned in 4 Nephi 1:21 [1]. He was one of the custodians of the Nephite records, taking over the responsibility from his father [1][2]. According to the scripture, Amos(2) kept the record in his father's stead aft...

Amulek - LDS Flow

Amulek was Alma's companion on his mission to the people of Ammonihah [Alma 8-16]. When Alma was initially rejected by the people of Ammonihah, an angel visited him and told him to return and warn them to repent or be destroyed [Alma 8:16-17]. As Alma en...

Amulon - LDS Flow

Amulon was a wicked Nephite who became a leader among the priests of the evil King Noah. After Abinadi was martyred for preaching the gospel, Amulon and the other priests fled into the wilderness to escape the Nephites. They eventually came across a grou...

Anti-Nephi-Lehi - LDS Flow

Anti-Nephi-Lehi was the brother of King Lamoni (Alma 24:5). He was not originally named Anti-Nephi-Lehi, but received this name when his father, the previous king, conferred the kingdom upon him (Alma 24:3). Anti-Nephi-Lehi was the king of all the Lam...

Antiomno - LDS Flow

Antiomno was the king of the land of Middoni, where Ammon's brother Aaron and companions were imprisoned (Alma 20:2-4). When Ammon and King Lamoni traveled to the land of Middoni, Lamoni said that Antiomno was a friend to him, and that he would "flatter ...

Antionah - LDS Flow

Antionah was one of the chief rulers of the city of Ammonihah (Alma 12:20). He led the verbal assault against Alma and Amulek when they were preaching in Ammonihah (Alma 12:20). Antionah may have also been involved in the murder of the believers in Ammon...

Antipus - LDS Flow

Antipus was a Nephite military commander who led a portion of the Nephite army during the war against the Lamanites (Alma 56:9). When the Lamanites had captured several Nephite cities and greatly reduced Antipus's army, Helaman arrived with his 2,000 str...

Archeantus - LDS Flow

Archeantus was a commander in the Nephite army under the leadership of Mormon (Mormon 9:2) [1]. He was killed in a "sore battle" with the Lamanites, in which the Nephites did not conquer (Mormon 9:2) [1]. The fact that Mormon specifically mentions Arc...

Benjamin - LDS Flow

Benjamin, son of Mosiah(1), was selected by Amaleki to become the custodian of the Nephite records: Benjamin was a righteous Nephite king and prophet in the Book of Mormon. He was the son of King Mosiah(1) [Mosiah 1:2]. King Benjamin taught his sons, ...

Cezoram - LDS Flow

Cezoram was appointed as the chief judge after Nephi(3) (Helaman 5:1) stepped down from the judgment-seat to focus on his ministry. However, Cezoram's time as chief judge was short-lived, as he was "murdered by an unknown hand as he sat upon the judgment...

Chemish - LDS Flow

Chemish was the brother of Amaron and one of the authors who contributed to the Book of Omni in the Book of Mormon [Omni 1:9]. In the book of Omni, Chemish makes an interesting comment about the record-keeping tradition that had been passed down to him: ...

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