Judith

English

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Etymology

From Hebrew יְהוּדִית‎ (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”)

Pronunciation

• /jo͞o'dəth/ IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdəθ/
• Rhymes: -uːdəθ

Proper noun

Judith

1. A female given name
   • 1833 The New Monthly Magazine, E. Littell, Vol. 1, January-June 1833, page 211("On Grand Christian Names"):

     The beauty and simplicity of names are altogether arbitrary: Mary and Elizabeth, and Judith, may suit a taste formed on the Puritan model, that is to say, an English and Scottish taste: the French consider Victoire, Adele, Adriane, or any other such "fanciful and romantic" names, quite as simple, and perhaps as beautiful, as Mr. Stuart does Mary and Jane.

2. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
3. The protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Judith 13:2,8:

     :

     And Judith was left along in the tent, and Holofernes lying along upon his bed: for he was filled with wine. --- And she smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and she took away his head from him.

4. The name of A wife of Esau.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 26:34-35:

     :

     And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Derived terms

• Judith Basin County

Related terms

• Jud.
• pet forms: Judie, Judy, Jodi, Jodie, Jody

Translations

female given name

• Armenian: Հուդիթ (Huditʿ)
• Czech: Judita
• Danish: Judith
• French: Judith (fr)
• Galician: Xudite f, Xudit (gl) f
• German: Judith (de)
• Greek: Ιουδίθ (Ioudíth)
• Hebrew: יְהוּדִית‎ f (y'hudít)
• Irish: Síle f, Siobhán f

• Italian: Giuditta
• Maltese: Ġuditta
• Norwegian: Judith (no)
• Polish: Judyta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Judite f
• Russian: Джу́дит f (Džúdit)
• Spanish: Judit (es) f
• Swedish: Judit
• Yiddish: יהודית‎ f (yehudes)

book of the Bible

• Armenian: Հուդիթ (Huditʿ)
• French: Judith (fr)
• Galician: Xudite f, Xudit (gl) f
• German: Judit
• Greek: Ιουδίθ (Ioudíth)
• Hebrew: יְהוּדִית‎ f (y'hudít)
• Irish: Leabhar Iúidit m, Iúidit f
• Italian: Giuditta

• Maltese: Il-Ktieb ta' Ġuditta
• Norwegian: Judit (no)
• Polish: Księga Judyty f
• Russian: Юди́фь (ru) f (Judífʹ), Иуди́фь f (Iudífʹ)
• Spanish: Judit (es) f
• Swedish: Judit
• Urdu: یہودیت‎ f (yahūdīt)

wife of Esau

• Finnish: Jehudit
• French: Judith (fr)
• Galician: Xudite f, Xudit (gl) f
• German: Jehudit
• Hebrew: יְהוּדִית‎ f (y'hudít)

• Irish: Iúidit f
• Italian: Giuditta
• Portuguese: Judite f
• Spanish: Judit (es) f
• Swedish: Judit

See also

• Judah
• Jude

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Judith, from Hebrew יְהוּדִית‎ (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

Proper noun

Judith

1. a female given name
2. the book of Judith
3. (biblical) the protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith
4. (biblical) a wife of Esau

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Danish

Etymology

Proper noun

Judith

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Judith.

Related terms

• Judit
• Jytte

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French

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.dit/

Proper noun

Judith

1. Judith; the Book of Judith.
2. A female given name.

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German

Etymology

Proper noun

Judith

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Judith.

Related terms

• Judit
• Jutta

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Norwegian

Etymology

Proper noun

Judith

1. A female given name, popular spelling variant of the biblical Judit.

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Swedish

Etymology

Proper noun

Judith c (genitive Judiths)

1. A female given name, a spelling variant of Judit.