JUDITH.—1. A wife of Esau, daughter of Beeri the Hittite (Gen_26:34; cf. Gen_36:2). 2. Daughter of Merari, of the tribe of Simeon (Gen_8:1 [cf. Num_1:6] hen 9:2); widow of Manassea of the same tribe. For the book of which she is the heroine see art. Apocrypha, § 9.