Definition of judith Judith

/ʤuˈdʌθ/ - [juduth] - Ju•dith

We found 4 definitions of judith from 3 different sources.

What does judith mean?

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judith - an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people
		Book of Judith
judith - Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes

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Judith is a Christian women's given name, which comes from Hebrew word Yəhûḏîṯ, meaning either "praised one" or "a woman from Judea". The name's popularity goes back to the story told below.

History.

In first half of the I millennium BC, an Assyrian king, Nebuchadnezzar, wanted to conquer Israel. An Israeli woman, called Judith, went to Nabuchodonozor's general, Holofernes, and offered that she will have sex with him. Holofernes used to drink wine before sex. When he was drunk, Judith cut off his head and saved Israel.