Ἐλισάβετ

See also: Ελισάβετ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.liˈsa.βet/ → /e.liˈsa.vet/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.liˈsa.bet/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.liˈsa.βet/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.liˈsa.vet/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.liˈsa.vet/

Proper noun

Ἐλισάβετ • (Elisábet) f (indeclinable)

1. (Christianity, Koine) Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist)

Descendants

• Greek: Ελισάβετ (Elisávet)
• → Aghwan: 𐔴𐔾𐔼𐕚𐔰𐔱𐔴𐔸 (elisabet)
• → Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸 (aileisabaiþ)
• → Latin: Elisabeth
  • → Dutch: Elisabet
  • → English: Elisabeth, Elizabeth
  • → Italian: Elisabetta
  • → Russian: Элизабет (Elizabet)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Elizabeta, Елизабета
  • → Ukrainian: Елізабет (Elizabet)
  • Old Occitan: Elisabel
    • → Spanish: Isabel
      • → English: Isabel
      • → Cebuano: Isabel
      • → Danish: Isabel
      • → Italian: Isabella
      • → German: Isabel
      • → Irish: Isibéal
      • → French: Isabelle
        • → English: Isabelle
        • → German: Isabelle
        • → Swedish: Isabelle
      • → Dutch: Isabel
      • → Norwegian: Isabel
      • → Polish: Izabela
      • → Portuguese: Isabel
      • → Swedish: Isabel
      • → Tagalog: Isabel
• → Old Armenian: Եղիսաբեթ (Ełisabetʻ)
• → Old Church Slavonic: елисаветь (elisavetĭ)
  • → Russian: Елизаве́та (Jelizavéta)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Јелисавета, Jelisaveta
  • → Ukrainian: Єлизаве́та (Jelyzavéta)
• → Albanian: Izabetë, Isabetë

Further reading

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Ἐλισάβετ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1665 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible