NOUN | person | Judith | Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha |
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communication | Judith, Book of Judith | an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people |
Sounds | jhuw'dahth; jhuw'dihth | |
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Rhymes | behemoth ... zenith: 14 rhymes with ahth... | |
arrowsmith ... zenith: 33 rhymes with ihth... |
Meaning | Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes. | |
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Category | Apocrypha | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible |
Instance of | heroine | A woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds |
Catalan | Judith |
Meaning | An Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people. | |
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Synonym | Book of Judith | |
Instance of | book | A major division of a long written composition |
Part of | Apocrypha | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible |
Spanish | Judith | |
Catalan | Judith, Llibre de Judit |
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