First names in Hebrew

First name Elizabeth: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אלישבע

Gematria value: 413

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Elizabeth is written אלישבע

Elizabeth is the English form of Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Elizabeth mean?

Meaning: "God is my oath"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name comes from the Hebrew Elisheva, "God is my oath", or "God has sworn": a name that speaks of a promise kept. Through the Greek Elisabet it became Elizabeth, and also Isabel, Eliza, Elsa, Elise, Lisa, Beth, Betty and Liz: one of the great families of names, with a Hebrew root.

Gematria

Elizabeth = 413

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אלישבע has 6 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• שthe letter Shin300
• בthe letter Bet2
• עthe letter Ayin70
• Total413

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter Ayin

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Elizabeth, from א to ע:

אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ אֵלֵךְ וַהֲדוּרִים אֲיַשֵּׁר דַּלְתוֹת נְחוּשָׁה אֲשַׁבֵּר וּבְרִיחֵי בַרְזֶל אֲגַדֵּעַ׃

“I will go before you and level the steep places; I will shatter doors of bronze and cut through bars of iron.”

Isaiah 45:2

The book of your first name

Elizabeth, in nine pages

• Elizabeth, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Elizabeth
• Elizabeth, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Elizabeth in three answers

How do you write Elizabeth in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Elizabeth is written אלישבע. Elizabeth is the English form of Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Elizabeth?
Written אלישבע, Elizabeth is worth 413: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Ayin (70).

What does Elizabeth mean?
God is my oath (origin: Hebrew). Your name comes from the Hebrew Elisheva, "God is my oath", or "God has sworn": a name that speaks of a promise kept. Through the Greek Elisabet it became Elizabeth, and also Isabel, Eliza, Elsa, Elise, Lisa, Beth, Betty and Liz: one of the great families of names, with a Hebrew root.