Luke 1:5-25, 39-45
Elisabet (gr. Elisábet, Eleisábet; transliteration of the heb. ‘Elisheba’, perhaps “my God is fullness”, “my God has sworn”, “oath of God” or “God of oath”). 1. Daughter of Aminadab of the tribe of Judah. She was the wife of Aaron and the mother of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Itamar (Exo 6:23). 2. she Wife of the priest Zacharias and descendant of Aaron (Luk 1: 5; of the same name as Aaron’s wife). She was the mother of John the Baptist at an advanced age, as an angel foretold to her husband (Luk 1: 5-25, 57). He was related to Mary, the mother of Jesus, although they belonged to different tribes (vs 27, 32, 36; the law allowed marriage between people of different tribes, except in the case of heiresses). When Mary visited her home in the Judean mountains, Elizabeth, inspired by the Holy Spirit, addressed Mary as the mother of the Lord (vs 39-45).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
See Elizabeth.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(gr., Elisabet, God is my oath).
1. Daughter of Aminadab, sister of Nahshon, captain of Judah (Num 2:3). By marrying Aaron (Exo 6:23) she united the royal tribe with the priestly one.
2. Wife of the priest Zechariah, herself from the lineage of Aaron (Luk 1:5-27). In fulfillment of God’s promise, she in her old age had a son, John the Baptist.
She was a woman of unusual piety, faith, and spiritual gifts, whose witness to her cousin Mary must have been an incomparable encouragement. Luke appreciated the significant role of women in redemptive history and emphasized the mediation of the Holy Spirit in Elizabeth’s life.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(God is my oath). Name of a person from the OT and another from the NT.
1. Wife of Aaron. She daughter of Aminadab. She had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar (Exo 6:23).
. Relative of †¢Mary the mother of the Lord Jesus. Mother of John the Baptist. Wife of the priest †¢Zacarías. She † œwas barren…already of old age †. When she conceived she † œshe secluded herself at home for five months †. When she received a visit from Mary, upon hearing her greeting “the child jumped in her womb and E. was filled with the Holy Spirit, and exclaimed with a loud voice, and said: Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb” ( Luke 1:5, Luke 1:7, Luke 1:41-42).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, BIOG WOMAN MUAT MUNT
vet, = “God is my fullness”. (a) Daughter of Aminadab and wife of Aaron (Ex. 6:23). She was from the tribe of Judah, and her marriage to Aaron united the priestly and royal tribes. (b) A righteous woman, of the family of Aaron, wife of Zechariah, and mother of John the Baptist. Upon being visited by Mary, she was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she greeted Mary as “the mother of my Lord” (Luke 1:5-57). She was part of the God-fearing remnant that we are given a glimpse of in the opening chapters of Luke’s gospel.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
“And behold, your relative Elizabeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age; and she is already six months old, the one she was called barren.” Luke 1:36
Read Luke 1. Elizabeth has the honor of being the first woman to confess Christ in the flesh, even before Mary. When Mary, after she had conceived by the Spirit, went to visit Elizabeth, she exclaimed in prophetic prayer: “Where did this come to me, that the mother of my Lord come to me?” (v. 43). By this unexpected and indubitable confession Elizabeth strengthened Mary’s faith in the fact that she, without the least doubt of her own, carried the Savior of the world in her womb.
It is this steadfast and unwavering faith that constitutes Elisabet’s most prominent virtue. Perhaps her firm conviction that Christ had already begun to assume human form does not strike us as particularly remarkable. This may be because we know that Mary was already carrying her child in her womb, and that this child proved to be the Mediator between God and men. But Elizabeth did not have our historical perspective, and for this reason the conviction of hers to which she gave expression is truly remarkable.
Israel had been reduced almost to nothing, due to the contempt and malice of the Roman jurisdiction. The worship of Jehovah had been reduced to little more than mere formality. Caiaphas, for example, was a clear example of the degenerate condition that the priesthood had reached at that time. And we must remember that Elisabet belonged to this town, which was in humiliating spiritual conditions.
Furthermore, Elizabeth was old, a woman who had been asking God for a child for many years. She was smeared with this stigma of sterility. And she had not been present at the time the angel appeared to Zacharias. She had not heard what Gabriel said to Maria. All this she had heard from others.
Despite her unfavorable circumstances, Elisabet immediately transcended all doubt. She not only waited for the Messiah to come, but she believed that she had come. When Mary went to visit her, she immediately saw and believed this wonderful truth: “Here under this woman’s clothes is my hidden Savior.” The Messiah no longer had to come. Elizabeth knew that he had come. And so she prayed and confessed to him.
The steps by which the Lord led Elizabeth to this rich and full faith are not hidden from us. Her name was the same as Aaron’s wife. Caiaphas, we said, was an example of the degeneration of the priesthood in his time. Elisabet represented a true offspring of Aaron’s family trunk. She preserved all the blessed traditions of Aaron’s family. The Lord, therefore, had led her to it, even though it was through paths of humiliation, for it was distressing in a special way that the daughter of a priest should remain childless.
So the Lord unexpectedly blessed her with a pregnancy she no longer counted on. She had given up hope of having a child. Her conception was accompanied by a message from an angel and the muteness of her husband. It’s pathetic, but Zacarias couldn’t tell her anything about her encounter with the angel; he had to write it down. From these extraordinary demonstrations, Elizabeth, she knew that God had decided to do wonderful things. It would seem to her that the days of Abraham and Sarah had returned, and that God had once again visited her people.
Maria went to visit her when Elisabet was already five months old. Elisabet’s maternal instinct told her that a child was moving in her womb, seeing Mary, and that this child was moving in an extraordinary way. So mother and son were affected by the influence of the Holy Spirit when the Savior approached. Instantly the flower of faith fully blossomed in Elizabeth. She appreciated and felt the blessing of the fact that God, revealed in the flesh, was fulfilling the hope of her parents.
It is interesting to note the evidence of this faith in Elizabeth. She was John’s mother. Mary, a woman much younger than her, and who was not even descended from priests, was the mother of the Messiah. Such a situation might have induced jealousy in her. He might have said: “Why this greater honor to her?” We know that Elizabeth had no such thoughts. She gave Mary the most honorable name possible for a woman: “Mother of my Lord.” And she told him spontaneously and naturally, without affectation. She praised Mary as “blessed are you among all women.” Elisabet’s son later said: “He must increase and I must decrease.” Elisabet’s spirit passed to Juan, or Juan’s spirit already inspired Elisabet. Elizabeth was the last shoot of Aaron’s rod. Judah was to give birth to the Messiah, but Aaron was to worship him in service.
Suggested questions for study and discussion:
1- Who first confessed Christ in the flesh?
2- How do we know that Elizabeth’s faith was sincere?
3- How do we know that he raised his son in the fear of the Lord?
Source: Women of the Bible
(Gr. E·lei·sa·bet, from the Heb. ´E·li·sche·va`, meaning: “My God Is Abundance; God of Abundance† ).
God fearing woman; wife of the priest Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist. Elizabeth was from the priestly family of the Levite Aaron, and both she and her husband were well advanced in years when the angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias in the Holy compartment of the temple and announced that Elizabeth would give birth to a son, whom he they would have to call Juan. Elisabet was secluded for five months when she became pregnant. In the sixth month of her pregnancy, her relative Maria de Ella visited her. † œWhen Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the creature jumped into her womb † and, filled with holy spirit, Elizabeth blessed Mary and the fruit of her womb, calling her † œthe mother of my Lord †. (Lu 1:5-7, 11-13, 24, 39-43.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
(from Heb. ˒elí̂šeba˓, ‘God is oath’). She is the wife of the priest Zacharias and mother of John the Baptist (Lk. 1.5ss). She was of priestly descent, and is described as “cousin” in Av (more aptly “relative”, cf. vss. Cast.) of the virgin Mary (Lk. 1.36), to whom she addressed the remarkable words of Lk. 1.42–45.
JDD
Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary