Reference: Judith

(1.) Jewess, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and one of Esau's wives (Ge 26:34), elsewhere called Aholibamah ().

("the praised one".) Esau's wife, daughter of Beeri the Hittite (Ge 26:34). (See AHOLIBAMAH; ESAU; BEERI.)

1. A wife of Esau, daughter of Beeri the Hittite (Ge 26:34; cf. Ge 36:2). 2. Daughter of Merari, of the tribe of Simeon (Ge 8:1 [cf. Nu 1:6] hen 9:2); widow of Manassea of the same tribe. For the book of which she is the heroine see art. Apocrypha,

Ju'dith

Daughter of Beeri a Hittite, and wife of Esau. Ge 26:34. See BASHEMATH.

Ju'dith

(Jewess, or praised).

1. The daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and wife of Esau.

Ge 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, ch. 11:21, courage and chastity. ch. 16:22 ff.