Elisabeth

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Elisabeth

  • /ᵻˈlɪz.ə.bəθ/
  • /ᵻˈlɪs.ə.bəθ/

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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”).

proper noun Elizabeth

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mrs, jean, cry, crying, bee, maria, louise, elizabeth, charlotte, claude, elisabet, elspeth, liz, lizzie, elsbeth, elisa

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name mother of John the Baptist

EspañolIsabel
한국어엘리사벳 Ellisabet
日本語エリザベツ Erizabetsu
中文以利沙伯 yǐlìshābó
PortuguêsIsabel
FrançaisÉlisabeth
DeutschElisabeth
ItalianoElisabetta
ΕλληνικάΕλισάβετ Elisávet
RomânăElisabeta
РусскийЕлизаве́та Jelizavéta
العربيةإِلِيصَابَات ʔilīṣābāt
עבריתאלישבע \ אֱלִישֶׁבַע elishéva

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Elisabeth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/elisabeth

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@misc{elisabeth_2026,
  title = {Elisabeth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elisabeth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}