judith
/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪθ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.67 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A female given name from Hebrew.
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A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
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The protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: יְהוּדִית