Meaning

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
  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.
  4. A wife of Esau.

Synonyms

Book of Judith

Translations

Ιουδίθ

Livro de judite

Judith

Judith

Judit

Judith

Livro de Judite

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪθ/
Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”). Doublet of Yehudit.

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