Lexicon
Ἐλισάβετ
Elisabet
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N:N-F-P Greek

Elizabeth

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Elisabet is the personal name used for Zechariah’s wife in Luke’s account of her conception, greeting, and childbirth.

The term functions as a personal name referring to Zechariah’s wife: she is named in the household, described as conceiving and giving birth, and addressed or encountered in the narrative.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name for Zechariah’s wife · dominant

    The nominative form identifies the woman as Zechariah’s wife in Luke 1:5 and names her in the announcements and narrative of conception in Luke 1:13, Luke 1:24, and Luke 1:36. In Luke 1:40 the accusative form marks the person greeted, while in Luke 1:57 the dative form occurs in the clause about her time to give birth; these forms continue to refer to the same named woman.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the name as “Elizabeth,” including in clauses about Zechariah’s wife, conception, greeting, and childbirth. These English clauses confirm the narrative referent rather than supplying a separate lexical sense.

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