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

Judith Brown, head of evidence and research at the National Autistic Society, said the study showed "how rapidly" misinformation can spread on social media.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

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

“That clinched it,” wrote Judith Slawson in “Robert Duvall: Hollywood Maverick,” a 1985 biography.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

My father is smiling, and the air is filled with the tangy smell of silver, and Judith and Mina have been folded into the Amsterdam underground.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse