Elizabeth
English
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Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה.
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Proper noun
Elizabeth (countable and uncountable, plural Elizabeths)
- A female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
- 1595 Edmund Spenser, Amoretti, LXXIV:
- Most happy letters! framed by skilful trade, / With which that happy name was first designed, - - - / Ye three Elizabeths! for ever live, / That three such graces did unto me give.
- 1988 Barbara Vine ( =Ruth Rendell ), The House of Stairs, p.21:
- "Because if you say it over and over to yourself, darling, it really is a quite strange-sounding name, isn't it? It's just as strange as any other from the Old Testament, Mehetabel or Hepsibah or Shulamith, and any of them might have got to be as fashionable as Elizabeth if a queen had been called by them.
- 1993 Phillip Margolin, Gone But Not Forgotten, Bantam Books →ISBN p.25:
- No one ever called Elizabeth Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her Elizabeth, either. An "Elizabeth" was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A "Betsy" was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with.
- 1595 Edmund Spenser, Amoretti, LXXIV:
- The mother of John the Baptist (written Elisabeth in later versions of the Bible).
- 1380s Wycliffe version of the Bible: Luke 1:5:
- In the daies of Eroude, kyng of Judee, ther was a prest, Sakarie bi name, of the sorte of Abia, and his wijf was of the douytris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth.
- 1380s Wycliffe version of the Bible: Luke 1:5:
- Elisheba, the wife of Aaron.
- 1380s Wycliffe Bible: Exodus 6:23:
- Sotheli Aaron took a wijf, Elizabeth,the douytir of Amynadab, the sistr of Naason.
- 1380s Wycliffe Bible: Exodus 6:23:
- A suburb of Adelaide, Australia; named for Elizabeth II.
- A locale in the United States.
- A city in New Jersey; the county seat of Union County; named for Elizabeth de Carteret, wife of George Carteret, one of two original Lords Proprietor of the Colony New Jersey.
- A city in Minnesota; named for early settler Elizabeth Niggler.
- A town in Colorado; named for a family member of John Evans, 2nd Governor of the Territory of Colorado.
- A town in Indiana; named for Elizabeth Lemmon Zenor, daughter-in-law of early landowner Jacob Zenor.
- A town in Louisiana.
- A town in West Virginia; the county seat of Wirt County; named for early settler Elizabeth Woodyard Beauchamp.
- A village in Illinois; said to be named for three early settlers all named Elizabeth.
- A borough of Pennsylvania; named for early settler Elizabeth Mackay Bayard.
- An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Georgia senator Joseph E. Brown.
Derived terms
Related terms
variations and nicknames
Translations
female given name
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mother of John the Baptist
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wife of Aaron — see Elisheba
See also
- Famous Elizabeths on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Elizabeth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Etymology
From English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”).
Proper noun
Elizabeth
- a female given name from Hebrew
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