Judith

American  

[joo-dith] / ˈdʒu dɪθ /

noun

1. a devoutly religious woman of the ancient Jews who saved her town from conquest by entering the camp of the besieging Assyrian army and cutting off the head of its commander, Holofernes, while he slept.

2. a book of the Apocrypha and Douay Bible bearing her name. Jud.

3. a river in central Montana, flowing north from the Little Belt Mountains to the Missouri River. 124 miles (200 km) long.

4. a female given name.

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Judith British  

/ ˈdʒuːdɪθ /

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

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Etymology

Origin of Judith

From Late Latin Iudith, from Greek Ioudíth, from Hebrew yəhūdhīth “Jewish woman”

Example Sentences

A long bar in the center of the room divides Judith into a casual bar area in the front and a slightly more formal dining room tucked behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Co-lead author Dr. Judith Findlater from Queen's University Belfast passed away before the study was published.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

The book, written with journalist and novelist Judith Perrignon, will be published by Flammarion on February 17, in a worldwide release in 22 languages.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Moveable partitions divide the massive space: the front houses the Judith Center, the gender equality nonprofit that Andrews launched in 2024, while the back serves as her office, studio and archive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

I don't know how many miles he had to bicycle into the country to take Judith to her hiding place, and then he came straight here after.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse