Elizabeth (Biblical person)
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Elisabeth (Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע / אֱלִישָׁבַע "My God is oath", Standard Hebrew Elišévaʿ / Elišávaʿ, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔlîšéḇaʿ / ʾĔlîšāḇaʿ) in the Gospel of Luke, was a descendant of Aaron, the priest (Luke 1v5). She and her husband, Zechariah were `righteous before God, living blamelessly`(verse 6) . He was visited by the Angel Gabriel after being long childless, who told him his wife would have a son ,John the Baptist who:
` will be great in the sight of the Lord` (v 15)
The pregnant Elizabeth is visited by Mary who is pregnant with Jesus:
When Elizabeth heard Mary`s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry: `Blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb`.(v 41-2)