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Elisabeth

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Elis´abeth, wife of Zacharias, and mother of John the Baptist (). The name in this precise shape does not occur in the Old Testament, where the names of few females are given. But it is a Hebrew name, the same in fact as Elisheba, which see.

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Elisabeth'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​e/elisabeth.html.
 
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