Elisheba

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The wife of Aaron, Exodus 6:23 . Elisabeth is the same name in Greek, Luke 1:5

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Exodus 6:23

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Amminadab's daughter; sister of Nahshon, captain of Judah (Numbers 2:3). By marrying Aaron (Exodus 6:23) she connected the royal and priestly tribes.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Exodus 6:23

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ELISHEBA . Daughter of Amminadab and wife of Aaron ( Exodus 6:23 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Daughter of Amminadab, and wife of Aaron. Exodus 6:23 . She was of the tribe of Judah, and her marriage with Aaron united the priestly and royal tribes.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Elish'eba. (God is her oath). The wife of Aaron. Exodus 6:23. She was the daughter of Amminadab, and sister of Nahshon, the captain of the host of Judah. Numbers 2:3. (B.C. 1491).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ē̇ -lish´ē̇ -ba ( אלישׁבע , 'ĕlı̄shebha‛ , "God swears," "God is an oath"): Daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nashon, wife of Aaron, mother of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the foundress, therefore, of the entire Levitical priesthood (Exodus 6:23 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Elish´eba, covenant-God: wife of Aaron, and hence the mother of the priestly family .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Elishe'ba, אלִֵישֶׁכִ , God is her oath, or she swears by God, i.e., worshipper of God, comp. Isaiah 19:8; Sept. Ε᾿λισάβετ, Vulg. Elisabeth; as in Luke 1:7), the daughter of Amminadab, phylarch of the tribe of Judah, and sister of Nahshon, the captain of the Hebrew host (Numbers 2:3); she became the wife of Aaron (q.v.), and hence the mother of the priestly family (Exodus 6:23). B.C. 1658.