Elisabeth:
e-liz'-a-beth (Elisabet, Westcott and Hort Eleisdbet, from Heb ?elishebha? (Elisheba), "God is (my) oath," i.e. a worshipper of God):
Wife of Zacharias the priest and mother of John the Baptist (Lu 1:5 ff). Elisabeth herself was of priestly lineage and a "kinswoman" (the King James Version COUSIN, which see) of the Virgin Mary (Lu 1:36), of whose visit to Elisabeth a remarkable account is given in Lu 1:39-56.
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