Elisheba

Elish´eba, covenant-God: wife of Aaron, and hence the mother of the priestly family (Exo 6:23).

The wife of Aaron, Exo 6:23 . Elisabeth is the same name in Greek, Luk 1:5 \par

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

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

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

[Eli’sheba]

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

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

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 (Exo 6:23).