Lachoneus

Sumerian

la: flooding

la: to supervise, check; to weigh, weigh (out),

pay; to hang, balance, suspend, be

suspended; to show, display; to bind;

binding, (yoke-)team; to press,

throttle; to winnow (grain); to carry

la2-ka, la2-ke4 (form of la)

la: to stretch out; to be in order

lah: to beat; to full (cloth, wool)

lah: plural stem of de [to bring]

lah5-ka (form of lah)

lah: to dry

a: arm; labor; wing; horn; side; strength;

wage; power

a2-ka, a2-na, a2-ni (form of a)

a: a bird-cry

a: time

a: water; semen; progeny

a-ni, a-na (form of a)

A: a weapon or a leather holder for a weapon

ak: to do; to make; to act, perform; to

proceed, proceeding (math.)

ak-a, ak-ka (form of ak)

aka: fleece

akan: a bird

akan: nipple, teat, udder

KA: (compound verb verbal element)

ka'a: fox

ku: to place, lay (down), lay eggs; to spread,

discharge

ku-ni (form of ku)

KU: hole

KU: plough?

KU: to strengthen

HA: a vegetable

hu: to scrape off, grub up

u: abuse

u: admiration

u: and

u: bed

u: to bray, bellow, bawl, voice, cry, noise

u: compound verb nominal element

u: defeat

u: earth

u: emery

u: sheep, ewe

u: finger

u: gift

u: wild goose

u: grain

u: hole

u: horn

u: type of land

u: load

u: peace

u: earth pile

u: pitfall

u: planking

u: plant

u: bread, loaf; food; grass, herb; pasture,

plants

u2-ne, u2-ni, u2-na (form of u)

u: shepherd

u: purslane

u: to ride; attachment to a plow, upper pivot

of a door, ship’s captain; to gain

control

u: to sleep

u: ten

u: totality, world

U: type of stone

U: tree

un: to arise; sky; (to be) high

un3-e (form of un)

an: sky, heaven; upper; crown (of a tree)

an: date spadix

an-e, an-ne, an-ne2 (form of an)

ne: brazier

ne: (compound verb nominal element)

ne: strength; force

NE: type of bird

NE: designation of silver

NE-ba, NE-bi (form of NE)

NE: a designation of trees

e: barley?

e: chaff

e: house; temple; (temple) household; station

(of the moon)?; room; house-lot;

estate

e: a vocative interjection

e: strip or piece of leather; leather bearing

e: to leave, to go out; to thread, hang on a

string; to remove, take away; to bring

out; to enter; to bring in; to raise,

rear (a child); to sow; to rave; to

winnow; to measure (grain) roughly

(with a stick); to rent

nu-e3-e (form of e)

e: princely?

e: perfect plural and imperfect stem of dug[to

speak]

na-e (form of e)

e: trust

e: tube, socket

e: watch

us: (to be) of a lesser quality; to drag; to

stretch; to accompany, follow; a

qualification of grain; to thresh

(grain) by treading; to coagulate?

in-us2 (form of us)

us: to lean on, impose; to check

e-na-us2 (form of us)

us: sheep

us: side, edge; path

Greek

LACHONEUS is the masculine from of the hypothetical Greek word *lakonios, "Spartan, Laconian"; cf. the attested forms lakonion (neuter) and lakonia (feminie). Further, the "ch" suggests that the "k/c" stop sound has undergone intervocalic spirantization (see Gesenius/Kautsch/Cowley, Grammar of the Biblical Hebrew).

(Book of Mormon Onomasticon 2015)

Lachoneus1 was the chief judge and governor over the Nephites. He was governor when the Gaddianton robbers reached a level of power to challenge the government. Lachoneus1 was described as “a just man, and could not be frightened” and “so great and marvelous were the words and prophecies of Lachoneus that they did cause fear to come upon all the people” (3 Nephi 1-6). He organized the Nephites militarily against the Gaddianton robbers, and organized the people to gather in one fortified body to withstand the Gaddianton robbers, which they did, after a number of years defeating the Gaddianton robbers and establishing peace in the land.

Lachoneus2 was a judge and son of Lachoneus1 and governor of the Nephites. It is implied that he was a just man, opposing the under-judges who were putting righteous people to death without legal authority. These underjudges formed secret combinations and plotted and successfully assassinated Lachoneus2 while occupying the judgment-seat (3 Nephi 6-7).

Reasonable etymological units for either Lachoneus1 are:

Sumerian

la: to supervise, check; to weigh, weigh (out),

pay; to hang, balance, suspend, be

suspended; to show, display; to bind;

binding

la2-ka, la2-ke4 (form of la)

la: to be in order

lah: to beat

lah: plural stem of de [to bring]

lah5-ka (form of lah)

a: arm; labor; side; strength; wage; power

a2-ka, a2-na, a2-ni (form of a)

A: a weapon or a leather holder for a weapon

ak: to do; to make; to act, perform; to

proceed

ak-a, ak-ka (form of ak)

ku: to place, lay (down); to discharge

ku-ni (form of ku)

KU: to strengthen

hu: to scrape off, grub up

u: admiration

u: to voice, cry, noise

u: defeat

u: peace

u: to gain control

un: to arise; (to be) high

un3-e (form of un)

an: upper; crown (of a tree)

an: date spadix (shape of a javelin)

an-e, an-ne, an-ne2 (form of an)

ne: strength; force

e: house; temple; (temple) household

e: to leave, to go out; to remove, take away;

to bring out; to enter; to bring in

nu-e3-e (form of e)

e: princely?

e: perfect plural and imperfect stem of dug[to

speak]

na-e (form of e)

e: trust

e: watch

us: to accompany, follow

in-us2 (form of us)

us: to lean on, impose; to check

e-na-us2 (form of us)

us: side, edge; path

Reasonable etymological units for either Lachoneus2 are:

Sumerian

la: to supervise, check; to weigh, weigh (out),

pay; to hang, balance, suspend, be

suspended; to show, display; to bind;

binding

la2-ka, la2-ke4 (form of la)

la: to be in order

a: arm; labor; strength; wage; power

a2-ka, a2-na, a2-ni (form of a)

a: progeny

a-ni, a-na (form of a)

ak: to do; to make; to act, perform; to

proceed

ak-a, ak-ka (form of ak)

ku: to place, lay (down); to discharge

ku-ni (form of ku)

KU: to strengthen

hu: to scrape off

u: abuse

u: admiration

u: to bray, bellow, bawl, voice, cry, noise

u: defeat

u: ship’s captain; to gain control

un: to arise; (to be) high

un3-e (form of un)

an: upper; crown (of a tree)

ne: strength

e: house; temple; (temple) household

e: to remove, take away

nu-e3-e (form of e)

e: princely?

e: perfect plural and imperfect stem of dug[to

speak]

na-e (form of e)

e: trust

in-us2 (form of us)

us: to lean on, impose; to check

e-na-us2 (form of us)

Constructed Compound Word: Lachoneus