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After these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
After with, among, after Prep H3326 Μετὰ meta
these this DPro-AFP H3778 ταύτας tautas
days day N-AFP H2250 ἡμέρας ēmeras
Elizabeth Elizabeth, an Israelitess N-NFS H1665 Ἐλισάβετ elisabet
Analysis:
Read more about: Elisabeth
his wife a woman N-NFS H1135 γυνὴ gunē
became pregnant, to collect, i.e. to take, by impl. to take part with, spec. to conceive V-AIA-3S H4815 συνέλαβεν sunelaben
and she kept to conceal entirely V-IIA-3S H4032 περιέκρυβεν periekruben
herself of himself, herself, itself RefPro-AF3S H1438 ἑαυτὴν eautēn
in seclusion to conceal entirely V-IIA-3S H4032    
for five five Adj-AMP H4002 πέντε pente
Analysis:

Five: Incompletion or lacking

For a person to understand the meaning of the number “five”, one must first realize that the meaning of the number ten is completion or wholeness. Since five is half of ten, the idea is that the number five represents incompletion or that which is lacking. A Scripture that expresses this idea is found in the book of John. At a place called Beit Chesed (Bethesda), there was a pool whose waters healed the sick. The reader is told that around the pool there were five porches. It is stated that on these five porches laid individuals who were not whole. Some were paralyzed and the rest of them had a variety of health problems. It is not a chance happening that these people who were lacking their health were on five porches. Another well-known passage that contains the number five is found in I Samuel 17. In the account of David and Goliath, David picks up five stones (see I Samuel 17:40). Why is the reader told the specific number and not simply that David had gathered a few stones? The answer is to assist the reader in understanding that the stone, which David hurled at Goliath, was not the source of victory. Rather, this was only the means that God used to accomplish His victory. In other words, the stone and even David, who hurled this stone at Goliath, were insufficient to bring about this victory.

One of the first places where the idea of "lacking" or "incompleteness" is seen regarding the number five is in the book of Genesis. In chapter 18, two angels are sent to Sodom to destroy the city. God tells Abraham that if 50 righteous people are found in the city, then the city will be free of this punishment (We will learn that the number 50 is related to freedom when this number is studied). This is revealed to Abraham and he responds saying, perhaps the city will lack 50 righteous people by five. It is significant that Abraham uses the number five when referring to the city lacking enough righteous people. 

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months, a month N-AMP H3376 μῆνας mēnas
saying, to say V-PPA-NFS H3004 λέγουσα legousa

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Elisabeth

Elisabeth [H] [S] God her oath, the mother of John the Baptist ( Luke 1:5 ). She was a descendant of Aaron. She and her husband Zacharias (q.v.) "were both righteous before God" ( Luke 1:5  Luke 1:13 ). Mary's visit to Elisabeth is described in  1:39-63 .    These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 After these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,
King James Bible After these And after those days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, Elisabeth conceived, and she kept hid herself in seclusion for five months, saying,
Berean Bible After And after these days days, his wife Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, conceived, and she kept hid herself in seclusion for five months, saying,
Hebrew Greek English After these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,