Elizabeth
"My God is an oath" or "God is my oath", from a Hebrew name built on the words for God and oath.
Meaning and origin
Elizabeth descends from the Hebrew name of Aaron's wife in the Book of Exodus, carried into the New Testament through the Greek form Elisabet as the name of the mother of John the Baptist.
How to pronounce Elizabeth
| English (US) | ih-LIZ-uh-buth /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/ |
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