Elizabeth

"God her oath." The mother of John the Baptist.1 She was a descendant of Aaron. She and her husband Zacharias "were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless."2Mary's visit to Elizabeth is described in Luke 1:39-63.

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References

Notes

  1. Luke 1:5.
  2. Luke 1:5, 13.

Source

  • Easton, M.G. (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers.

This article incorporates text from Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) by M.G. Easton, which is in the public domain.