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'''Elisheba''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אֱלִישֶׁ֧בַע''' ''Eliysheva'', "My God has sworn", from ''el'' God and ''sheva'' seven) (m. ca. 2478 AM/1527 BC) was the wife of [[Aaron]] and the mother of Aaron's four sons.
== Life and family ==
The [[Bible]] gives the name of Elisheba's father ([[Amminadab]]), brother ([[Nahshon]]), husband ([[Aaron]]), and sons ([[Nadab (son of Aaron)|Nadab]], [[Abihu]], [[Eleazar (son of Aaron)|Eleazar]], and [[Ithamar]]) in a single verse. ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=6|verses=23}}) The Bible does not specifically state when she was married or even when she was born.
2478 AM (1527 BC) is the latest possible year of her marriage. All four of her sons were consecrated into the [[Aaronic priesthood]] before the first year of the wanderings of [[Israel]], in 2514 AM (ca. 1491-90 BC).The youngest of them must, therefore, have been at least 30 years old by then, and the eldest of four must have been 33 years old or older.
She and her husband Aaron were actually two generations apart, on account of the rapid engendering of her ancestors [[Pharez]] and [[Hezron]] before the first seventy souls of Jacob entered Egypt.
== Genealogy ==
Elisheba represents a branch in the direct line of descent to [[Jesus Christ]], through her father [[Amminadab]] of [[Judah (tribe)|Judah]].<ref name=Blank>Blank, Wayne. "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2004/20040704.htm Entry for Elisheba]." Daily Bible Study, n.d. Accessed December 4, 2008.</ref> Furthermore, through her marriage to Aaron, she is a direct ancestress of [[John the Baptist]].
== Significance of the name ==
The name Elisheba speaks of God and of oaths, and therefore speaks of faith.
== Elisheba in fiction ==
Elisheba appears in one [[motion picture]] project depicting the [[Exodus of Israel]]. In the [[Cecil B. DeMille]] production ''[[The Ten Commandments#The movie|The Ten Commandments]]'', she appears by Aaron's side on the night of the first [[Passover]].
== Reference ==
{{reflist}}
== See Also ==
* [[Israel]]
{{nb Levi}}
{{nb Judah}}
[[Category:Biblical Women]]
[[Category:Old Testament]]
[[Category:Jewish People]]
== Life and family ==
The [[Bible]] gives the name of Elisheba's father ([[Amminadab]]), brother ([[Nahshon]]), husband ([[Aaron]]), and sons ([[Nadab (son of Aaron)|Nadab]], [[Abihu]], [[Eleazar (son of Aaron)|Eleazar]], and [[Ithamar]]) in a single verse. ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=6|verses=23}}) The Bible does not specifically state when she was married or even when she was born.
2478 AM (1527 BC) is the latest possible year of her marriage. All four of her sons were consecrated into the [[Aaronic priesthood]] before the first year of the wanderings of [[Israel]], in 2514 AM (ca. 1491-90 BC).The youngest of them must, therefore, have been at least 30 years old by then, and the eldest of four must have been 33 years old or older.
She and her husband Aaron were actually two generations apart, on account of the rapid engendering of her ancestors [[Pharez]] and [[Hezron]] before the first seventy souls of Jacob entered Egypt.
== Genealogy ==
Elisheba represents a branch in the direct line of descent to [[Jesus Christ]], through her father [[Amminadab]] of [[Judah (tribe)|Judah]].<ref name=Blank>Blank, Wayne. "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2004/20040704.htm Entry for Elisheba]." Daily Bible Study, n.d. Accessed December 4, 2008.</ref> Furthermore, through her marriage to Aaron, she is a direct ancestress of [[John the Baptist]].
== Significance of the name ==
The name Elisheba speaks of God and of oaths, and therefore speaks of faith.
== Elisheba in fiction ==
Elisheba appears in one [[motion picture]] project depicting the [[Exodus of Israel]]. In the [[Cecil B. DeMille]] production ''[[The Ten Commandments#The movie|The Ten Commandments]]'', she appears by Aaron's side on the night of the first [[Passover]].
== Reference ==
{{reflist}}
== See Also ==
* [[Israel]]
{{nb Levi}}
{{nb Judah}}
[[Category:Biblical Women]]
[[Category:Old Testament]]
[[Category:Jewish People]]