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Name meaning: Elizabeth, the oath, or fullness, of God (Hitchcock)
God her oath, the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5). She was a descendant of Aaron. She and her husband Zacharias (q.v.) “were both righteous before God” (Luke 1:5, 13). Mary’s visit to Elisabeth is described in 1:39-63.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(the oath of God), the wife of Zacharias and mother of John the Baptist. She was herself of the priestly family, and a relation, (Luke 1:36) of the mother of our Lord.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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