People of the Bible
Elisabeth
Family
- Partner
- Zacharias
- Children
- John the Baptist
In the story
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- John's birth predicted · 5 BC
- Mary Visits Elizabeth · 4 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
God her oath, the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5). She was a descendant of Aaron. She and her husband Zacharias (q.v.) “were both righteous before God” (Luke 1:5, 13). Mary’s visit to Elisabeth is described in 1:39-63.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 8 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.