Abish

Abish is distinguished because she is one of only three women named in the Book of Mormon.  One sentence found in Alma 19:16 is very informative, "she having been converted unto the Lord for many years, on account of a remarkable vision of her father." As Daniel H. Ludlow explains in his book "A Companion To Your Study of The Book of Mormon" this statement may have two possible interpretations.  One is that Abish had a vision and in her vision she saw her father, the other is that the vision is actually had by her father.  Regardless of which is corect this conversion of Abish plays an important role in a large number of Lamanites.

Abish