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Elisabeth

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Elisabeth (e-lĭz'a-bĕth, God her oath, that is, worshipper of God. The wife of Zacharias, and mother of John the Baptist. She was of a priestly family, and also the cousin of the virgin Mary. She is described as being, with her husband, a person of piety, "walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." Luke 1:5-66.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Elisabeth'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​e/elisabeth.html. 1893.
 
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