Ju'dith. (Jewess, or praised).
1. The daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, and wife of Esau. Genesis 26:34. (B.C. 1797).
2. The heroine of the apocryphal book which bears her name, who appears as an ideal type of piety, Judith 8:6, beauty, Judith 11:21, courage and chastity. Judith 16:22. ff.