Elisabet

Elisabet f

1. Elizabeth

Cebuanized form Elizabeth.

Elisabet

1. (biblical) the mother of John the Baptist
2. (biblical) Elisheba, the wife of Aaron
3. a female given name from Hebrew

Often used to replace Isabel in US printed bibles.

Elisabet f

1. Rare spelling of Elisabeth.

Elisabet

1. a female given name

• Eliisabet, Eliise, Elis, Elisabeth, Lii, Liis, Liisa, Liisbet, Liisi

Elisabet f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Elisabet: Elisabetarson
• daughter of Elisabet: Elisabetardóttir

From Swedish Elisabet, equivalent to English Elizabeth, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈelisɑbet/, [ˈe̞liˌs̠ɑ̝be̞t̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑbet
• Syllabification^(key): E‧li‧sa‧bet

Elisabet

1. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist.
   • 1776, The Holy Bible, Luke 1:5:

     Herodeksen, Juudean kuninkaan, aikana oli pappi, Sakarias nimeltä, Abian vuorosta; ja hänen emäntänsä Aaronin tyttäristä, ja hänen nimensä Elisabet.

     There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

2. a female given name
   • 1941, Helvi Hämäläinen, Säädyllinen murhenäytelmä, WSOY (2007), →ISBN, page 182:

     —Sinun ei pidä ajatella sitä, Elisabet, sanoi hän,—Elisabet sanassa oli vadelmatäytteisen karamellin maku—

     —You should not think about it, Elisabet, he said. —The word Elisabet has a taste like that of raspberry sweets—

• This form does not fit Finnish phonology well, and so it is rarely given it as a first name, though it is common enough as a middle name. The most common vernacular form is Liisa.

• Eliisa, Elisa, Eliisabet, Elli, Elsa, Else, Elsi, Liisa, Liisi, Lilli

• Elisabet is the 592^nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 481 female individuals (and as a middle name to 25,282 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Elisabet

1. Elizabeth (biblical character)
2. a female given name, usually spelled Elisabeth

Elisabet f

1. a female given name; Alternative form of Elisabete

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Elisabet c (genitive Elisabets)

1. Elizabeth (biblical character)
2. a female given name, also spelled Elisabeth

• Popular as a middle name.

• Elise, Elly, Elsa, Elsie, Elsy, Isabella, Isabelle, Lilly, Lisa, Lisbet, Lisbeth, Liselott, Liselotte

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 151 080 females with the given name Elisabet (compared to 201 328 named Elisabeth) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 June 2011.