HOLOFERNES


Meaning of HOLOFERNES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhä-lə-ˈfər-(ˌ)nēz, ˌhō- ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Holophernēs

Date: before 12th century

: a general of Nebuchadnezzar's who led an Assyrian army against Israel and was beheaded in his sleep by Judith

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