(Hebrew Elishe'ba, אלִֵישֶׁכִ , God is her oath, or she swears by God, i.e., worshipper of God, comp. Isaiah 19:8; Sept. Ε᾿λισάβετ, Vulg. Elisabeth; as in Luke 1:7), the daughter of Amminadab, phylarch of the tribe of Judah, and sister of Nahshon, the captain of the Hebrew host (Numbers 2:3); she became the wife of Aaron (q.v.), and hence the mother of the priestly family (Exodus 6:23). B.C. 1658.