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Elisabeth

Mentioned in 8 verses, first in Luke 1:5. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

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In the Bible

All 8 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Luke

  • Luke 1:5

    In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

  • Luke 1:7

    But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

  • Luke 1:13

    But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

  • Luke 1:24

    After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,

  • Luke 1:36

    Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.

  • Luke 1:40

    where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

  • Luke 1:41

    When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 1:57

    When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

Events

Events the dataset lists Elisabeth as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. 6 BC
    John's birth predictedLuke 1:5–25 · at Jerusalem
  2. c. 5 BC
    Mary Visits ElizabethLuke 1:39–56

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

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.

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