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Saint Elisabeth redirects here. For other saints of this name, see Elizabeth (given name)
Elizabeth (given name)

Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Greek language Elisabet , which is a form of the Hebrew language name Elisheva , meaning "God is my oath" or "God is my abundance."...
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Saint Elizabeth, also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheva
Elisheva

Elisheva or Elisheba was the wife of Aaron, the forefather of The Kohanim, the Jewish priests, in The Bible. According to later Jewish tradition, she is buried in the Tomb of the Matriarchs in Tiberias....
 (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 ??????????? / ??????????? "My God
Elohim

Elohim is a Hebrew language word which expresses concepts of divinity. It is apparently related to the Hebrew word El , though morphology it consists of the Hebrew word Eloah with a plural suffix....
 is an oath", Standard Hebrew / , Tiberian Hebrew / ) (Arabic: ????) was the mother of St. John the Baptist
John the Baptist

John the Baptist was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse that would restore occupied Israel....
 and the wife of St. Zachary/Zacharias, according to the New Testament
New Testament

The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christianity Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
 and the Quran.

uke 1:36 (Kings James Version) of the Bible Elizabeth is described as a relative of Mary
Mary (mother of Jesus)

Mary , usually referred to by Christians as Saint Mary, the Virgin Mary, Holy Mary or the Madonna, was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, identified in the New Testament as the mother of Jesus of Nazareth....
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Saint Elisabeth redirects here. For other saints of this name, see Elizabeth (given name)
Elizabeth (given name)

Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Greek language Elisabet , which is a form of the Hebrew language name Elisheva , meaning "God is my oath" or "God is my abundance."...
.
Saint Elizabeth, also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheva
Elisheva

Elisheva or Elisheba was the wife of Aaron, the forefather of The Kohanim, the Jewish priests, in The Bible. According to later Jewish tradition, she is buried in the Tomb of the Matriarchs in Tiberias....
 (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 ??????????? / ??????????? "My God
Elohim

Elohim is a Hebrew language word which expresses concepts of divinity. It is apparently related to the Hebrew word El , though morphology it consists of the Hebrew word Eloah with a plural suffix....
 is an oath", Standard Hebrew / , Tiberian Hebrew / ) (Arabic: ????) was the mother of St. John the Baptist
John the Baptist

John the Baptist was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse that would restore occupied Israel....
 and the wife of St. Zachary/Zacharias, according to the New Testament
New Testament

The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christianity Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
 and the Quran.

Relation to Mary

In Luke 1:36 (Kings James Version) of the Bible Elizabeth is described as a relative of Mary
Mary (mother of Jesus)

Mary , usually referred to by Christians as Saint Mary, the Virgin Mary, Holy Mary or the Madonna, was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, identified in the New Testament as the mother of Jesus of Nazareth....
. The Greek word used is , which can refer to various forms of kinship. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Encyclopedia

The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English language encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia Press....
 their relation is given by St. Hippolytus, according to whom they are cousins; the mother of Elizabeth, Sobe
Sobe (sister of Saint Anne)

Sobe, also known as Sovin, was a Jewish woman who, according to Saint Hippolytus of Rome was the eldest sister of Saint Anne. Saint Anne would become the mother of Mary and the grandmother of Jesus of Nazareth....
 and the mother of Mary, Saint Anne
Saint Anne

Saint Anne of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christianity tradition. Her name Anne is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Hannah ....
 are sisters . The mother of Mary is also known from another source, the infancy Gospel of James
Gospel of James

The Gospel of James, also sometimes known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an New Testament apocrypha probably written about AD 150....
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Some translations of this verse states their relations as relative , kinswoman or 'of your family' , others such as the King James, states that they are cousins.

In The Bible

According to the Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke is a Synoptic Gospels, and is the third and longest of the four Biblical canonical Gospels of the New Testament. The text narrates the life of Jesus of Nazareth....
, Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron
Aaron

In the Hebrew Bible, Aaron , or Aaron the Levite , was the brother of Moses. He was the great-grandson of Levi and represented the priestly functions of his tribe, becoming the first Kohen Gadol of the Hebrews....
 the priest
Priest

A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities....
 . She and her husband Zechariah were "righteous before God, living blamelessly" , but childless. Zechariah was visited by the angel
Ángel

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 Gabriel
Gabriel

In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an angel who serves as a messenger from God. He first appears in the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible. In some traditions he is regarded as one of the archangels, or as the angel of death....
, who told him his wife would have a son who "will be great in the sight of the Lord" .

The pregnant Elizabeth was visited
Visitation (Catholic)

The Visitation is the visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Elizabeth as recorded in the Gospel of Luke . It is also the term for a Christian feast day commemorating this visit, celebrated on 31 May in the Western Christianity and 30 March in the Eastern Christianity....
 by her relative, Mary , who was pregnant with Jesus
Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the Incarnation ....
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And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb.
And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost and she cried out with a loud voice:
"Blessed are thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb."


When Mary heard this she recited the Magnificat.

Elizabeth is not mentioned in the New Testament outside of the Gospel of Luke. Elizabeth is also mentioned in several books of the Apocrypha
Apocrypha

Apocrypha are texts of uncertain authenticity, or writings where the authorship is questioned.When used in the specific context of Judeo-Christian theology, the term apocrypha refers to any collection of scriptural texts that falls outside the Biblical canon....
, most prominently in the Protevangelion of James, in which the birth of her son and the subsequent murder of her husband are chronicled.

Sainthood

Elizabeth is revered as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 on November 5, and in the Orthodox and Anglican traditions on September 5, on the same day with her husband St. Zachary/Zechariah. She is commemorated as a matriarch in the Calendar of Saints
Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)

The Lutheran Calendar of Saints is a listing which details the primary annual festivals and events that are celebrated liturgically by the Lutheran Church....
 (September 5) of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

The Lutheran Church?Missouri Synod , founded in 1847 in Chicago, is the eighth largest Protestantism denomination in the United States, and the second-largest Lutheranism body in the U.S....
 and Zechariah is commemorated as a prophet
Prophet

In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have encountered the supernatural or the Divinity, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity....
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See also

  • Visitation (Christian)