Elizabeth (biblical figure)

Elizabeth, also spelled Elisabeth derives from Elisheba: (in the Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע / אֱלִישָׁבַע "My God has sworn"; Standard Hebrew Elišévaʿ Elišávaʿ, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔlîšéḇaʿ ʾĔlîšāḇaʿ; in Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisavet)), was the mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zechariah, according to the Gospel of Luke. She was at least 60 years of age and well past child bearing years when she gave birth to John.