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ē̇-liz´a-beth (ἘλισαÌβετ, ElisaÌbet, Westcott and Hort ἘλεισαÌβετ, EleisaÌbet, from Heb 'ĕlı̄shebha‛ (Elisheba), “God is (my) oath,†i.e. a worshipper of God): Wife of Zacharias the priest and mother of John the Baptist (). Elisabeth herself was of priestly lineage and a “kinswoman†(the King James Version COUSIN, which see) of the Virgin Mary (), of whose visit to Elisabeth a remarkable account is given in Lk 1:39-56. See ZACHARIAS.