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Judith
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English
Book of Judith
Etymology
en la grc he
Ultimately from en he יְהוּדִית woman from Judea, Jewess Y'hudít. en Yehudit.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪθ/ jo͞o'dəth
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Judith.wav Southern England
en uːdɪθ 2
Proper noun
~
en female Hebrew.
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.
A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
en Q26454627en biblical character The protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith.
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.
en Q3187975en biblical character A wife of Esau.
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
en Judith Basin County
Related terms
en Jud.
pet forms: Judie, Judy, Jodi, Jodie, Jody
Descendants
1 ceb Judith
Translations
female given name
Arabic: ar يَهُودِيت f
Armenian: hy Հուդիթ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 朱迪絲 Zhūdísī
Corsican: co Ghjuditta f
Czech: cs Judita f
Danish: da Judith
French: fr Judith
Galician: gl Xudite f, gl Xudit f
German: de Judith
Greek: el Ιουδίθ
Hebrew: he יְהוּדִית f y'hudít
Hindi: hi जूडिथ f
Hungarian: hu Judit
Irish: ga Síle f, ga Siobhán f
Italian: it Giuditta f
Korean: ko 유딧
Latin: la Iudith
Maltese: mt Ġuditta
Māori: mi Hūhita
Marathi: mr जुडिथ f
Norwegian: no Judith
Polish: pl Judyta f
Portuguese: pt Judite f
Romanian: ro Iudita f
Russian: ru Юдифь f, ru Джу́дит f
Slovak: sk Judita f
Spanish: es Judit f
Swedish: sv Judit
Yiddish: yi יהודית yehudes f
book of the Bible
Arabic: ar سِفْر يَهُودِيت
Armenian: hy Հուդիթ
Asturian: ast Xudí
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 友弟德傳 jau5 dai6 dak1 zyun6
Hokkien: nan-hbl 友弟德傳 Iú-tē-tek-toān
Mandarin: cmn 友弟德傳 Yǒudìdézhuàn
Finnish: fi Judit
French: fr Judith
Galician: gl Xudite f, gl Xudit f
German: de Judit
Greek: el Ιουδίθ
Hebrew: he יְהוּדִית f y'hudít
Hindi: hi यहूदीत f
Irish: ga Leabhar Iúidit m, ga Iúidit f
Italian: it Giuditta
Maltese: mt Ktieb ta' Ġuditta Il-Ktieb ta' Ġuditta
Norwegian: no Judit
Polish: pl Księga Judyty f
Romanian: ro Iudita f
Russian: ru Юди́фь f, ru Иуди́фь f
Spanish: es Judit f
Swedish: sv Judit
Urdu: ur یہودیت f yahūdīt
wife of Esau
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 友弟德 jau5 dai6 dak1
Hokkien: nan-hbl 友弟德 Iú-tē-tek
Mandarin: cmn 友弟德 Yǒudìdé
Finnish: fi Jehudit
French: fr Judith
Galician: gl Xudite f, gl Xudit f
German: de Jehudit, de Judit
Hebrew: he יְהוּדִית f y'hudít
Hindi: hi यहूदीत f
Irish: ga Iúidit f
Italian: it Giuditta
Portuguese: pt Judite f
Romanian: ro Iudita f
Spanish: es Judit f
Swedish: sv Judit
See also
en Judah
en Jude
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb
From ceb en Judith, from ceb he יְהוּדִית woman from Judea, Jewess Y'hudít.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb female English < Hebrew
the book of Judith
ceb biblical character the protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith
ceb biblical character a wife of Esau
ceb Books of the Bible
Danish
Etymology
From da he יְהוּדִית woman from Judea, Jewess Y'hudít.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Judith
Related terms
da Judit
da Jytte
French
Etymology
From fr he יְהוּדִית woman from Judea, Jewess Y'hudít.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Judith.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
f
en Judith; the Book of Judith
fr female
fr Biblical characters Books of the Bible
German
Alternative forms
de Judit
Etymology
From de la Judith, from de he יְהוּדִית woman from Judea, Jewess yəhūḏīṯ.
Pronunciation
de /ˈjuːdɪt/
de De-Judith.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f,en:s.gen:s:-
de female Judith
Declension
f,en:s.gen:s:-
Derived terms
de Jutta perhaps
Norwegian
Etymology
From no he יְהוּדִית woman from Judea, Jewess Y'hudít.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female, popular spelling variant of the biblical Judit
Swedish
Etymology
From sv he יְהוּדִית woman from Judea, Jewess Y'hudít.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Judith.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Judit