Judith

noun Ju·dith \ˈjü-dəth\

Definition of JUDITH

: the Jewish heroine who saves the city of Bethulia in the book of Judith

: a book of Scripture included in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament and in the Protestant Apocrypha — see bible table

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Late Latin, from Greek Ioudith, from Hebrew Yĕhūdhīth

First Known Use: before 12th century

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