Judith

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdʒuːdɪθ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jo̅o̅′dith)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Ju•dith  ( jo̅o̅′dith),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biblea devoutly religious woman of the ancient Jews who saved her town from conquest by entering the camp of the besieging Assyrian army and cutting off the head of its commander, Holofernes, while he slept.
  2. Biblea book of the Apocrypha and Douay Bible bearing her name. Abbr.: Jud.
  3. a female given name.
  • Hebrew yəhūdhīth Jew (feminine)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Judith / ˈdʒuːdɪθ/
  1. the heroine of one of the books of the Apocrypha, who saved her native town by decapitating Holofernes
  2. the book recounting this episode
'Judith' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Anderson - Holofernes - Jud. - Judy - Smith - Weir - Wright

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