judith

Definition of Judith in English :

1. judith

Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes

2. book of judith, judith

an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Judith

noun

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

noun

1.

a feminine name: dim. Judy

2.

a.

a Jewish woman who saved her people by killing Holofernes

b.

a book of the Apocrypha telling her story

abbrev. Jdh, Jdt, Jth or Jud

In the Bible, a Jewish heroine who rescued her people by slaying an Assyrian general.

n.

See Table at Bible.