Elisabeth

//əˈlɪzəbəθ// name

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  1. 1
    The mother of John the Baptist according to the Christian and Islamic scriptures

    "There was in the dayes of Herode the king of Iudea, a certaine Prieſt, named Zacharias, of the courſe of Abia, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth."

  2. 2
    A female given name from Hebrew, a less common form of Elizabeth in English.

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"Elisabeth was prone to bouts of melancholy."

Etymology

The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).

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