Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
"In the Book of Judith, the pious widow defeats an enemy army by beheading its arrogant commander."
an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people
"The ancient manuscript identified as Judith describes how a courageous widow delivered her city from enemy invasion."
A female given name from Hebrew
"Judith is a popular female given name derived from the Hebrew word for woman."
The name Judith comes from the Hebrew word for "Jewess," referring to a woman from the ancient region of Judea. It entered English as a direct borrowing of this biblical female name.