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Ἐλισάβετ

Elisábet

G1665 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

A feminine personal name of Hebrew origin. In the New Testament, Ἐλισάβετ refers specifically to an Israelite woman named Elisabet, the wife of Zechariah and mother of John the Baptizer. The term functions exclusively as a proper noun and does not carry broader lexical meaning beyond personal identification. The semantic range is limited to this personal usage in Greek sources.

Semantic Range

a female personal name of Hebrew origin; refers specifically to the Israelite/Judean woman connected to John the Baptizer in the New Testament; as a proper noun, does not possess further meanings

Root / Etymology

From the Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva‘, meaning 'my God is an oath' or 'God is my oath'), transliterated into Greek as Ἐλισάβετ. The name is constructed from אֵל ('God') + שֶׁבַע ('oath'). Its adoption into Greek preserves the Hebrew consonant structure without semantic adaptation.

Historical & Contextual Notes

The name Ἐλισάβετ appears in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:5, et al.) as the proper name of the mother of John the Baptizer, reflecting contemporary Jewish (Israelite) naming practices in the late Second Temple period. In classical and early Koine Greek, the name does not appear outside of Jewish contexts, further indicating its Hebrew origin and cultural specificity. In the Septuagint, the equivalent Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע refers to the wife of Aaron (Exodus 6:23, LXX: Ἐλισαβεθ). The Greek form is a direct transliteration rather than a translation, illustrating the continuity of personal names across Hebrew and Greek texts. Later English translations uniformly render the name as 'Elisabeth' or 'Elizabeth', but these do not reflect any additional lexical meaning, as the use remains strictly onomastic (name-based), not descriptive or attributive.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

of Hebrew origin (אֱלִישֶׁבַע); Elisabet, an Israelitess:--Elisabeth.

Root Family

Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet) — personal name, proper noun

Root Ἐλισάβετ (~אֱלִישֶׁבַע) personal name, proper noun

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G1665-01 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet N NOM F SG Elizabeth Elisabet Elisabet 9

Occurrences in Scripture

9 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G1665-01 Luke 1:5 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet N NOM F SG Elisabet Elisabet Elisabet
G1665-01 Luke 1:7 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet N NOM F SG Elizabeth Elisabet Elisabet
G1665-01 Luke 1:13 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet N NOM F SG Elizabeth Elisabet Elisabet
G1665-01 Luke 1:24 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet N NOM F SG Elizabeth Elisabet Elisabet
G1665-01 Luke 1:36 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet N NOM F SG Elizabeth Elisabet Elisabet
G1665-01 Luke 1:40 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet N ACC F SG Elizabeth Elisabet Elisabet
G1665-01 Luke 1:41 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet N NOM F SG Elizabeth Elisabet Elisabet
G1665-01 Luke 1:41 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet-2 N NOM F SG Elizabeth Elisabet Elisabet
G1665-01 Luke 1:57 Ἐλεισάβετ eleisabet N DAT F SG Elizabeth Elisabet Elisabet
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